Hi, actually I'm using openMSX with NMS 8255 configuration (2 disk drives). I'd like to add a hard disk, so I've pluged Sunrise IDE extension and as I've read in openMSX docs it creates a drive named hd.dsk with 100Mb of size. At this point all right, the hd is created but now comes the problem: wich drive is maped the hdd? The floppy drives has been moved to C: and D:, but I can't locate the HDD.
Step 1: insert a floppy with MSX-DOS2 and the partitioning tool (IDEFDISK.COM) in the floppy drive and reset the MSX, keeping the INS key pressed. Now start IDEFDISK and partition the HDD as you wish.
Step 2: After resetting again, the A: drive is the first partition on the HDD... but the partition is empty, so you won't find any files on it. If you have 4 partitions you have drive A: to D: mapped to them. You can copy MSX-DOS2 on it via the floppy drive (drive E: in this example), e.g. in BASIC.
Quite a novice to this subject as well as I can manage with DSK files...
But what if someone wants to release something too big for a DSK file? Is such a harddisk image an option then? Is it ZIP-able to a reasonable download size and can the downloader just stick in an IDE interface into openMSX and have it autorun?
dd it to an sd-card? Or mount it and copy the files.
I would only include it as an “extra”, though, alongside the actual files so I can manually copy them to my existing sd-card. It should compress well btw.
Glad to hear that the tutorials are helpful. I have the feeling that the current MSX scene is assuming too much knowledge. Not very welcoming for new users.
I agree a lot of basic knowledge that we consider trivial is not really shared anywhere.
I noticed as well in a couple of the newbie threads, that you really need to explain stuff rather than pointing to some resource and saying "it’s all explained there".
