>:>On megascsi I think all your partitions are the same size
>:>(except maybe for the last one), and all start at the
same
>:>point. This would mean when you change disks you always
get
>:>the same partitiontable.
>:
>:Nope! In MegaSCSI you can define the size of each
partition (when
>formatting
>:the device) with any amount of sectors. When you change
the disk you don't
>:need to do nothing if the new disk has the same
partitionning layout as the
>:previous; else, you must only to run the partition
changer.
>
>It isn't nessacary on the Bert too, if I'm correct.
>I wouldn't know why it shout not work...
>
>:This is not necessary if you boot from the SRAMdisk (that
is, if you assign
>:it to drive A:). This is very useful, because you have the
same booting
>:state regardless of the inserted disk.
>Well, that's only a small advantage of the MEGA-SCSI, for
command.com is
>just a small file compared to the size of the HD/ZIP...
>
>:>but then again, if you have to copy a lot from one zip to
an
>:>other, you have to use the ramdisk, since it cannot see
>:>which zipdisk is inserted...
>:
>:That's right. Maybe patching any hook on the disk work
area this can be
>:solved, because for check the disk change it is enough to
read the serial
>:number on the boot sector, and this is independent of the
controller.
>
>Another solution: buy a second zip-drive!!! The solution
for MSX's with only
>1 diskdrive is actually not very logical. But nessacary
(unfortunately).
>
>:>Another good thing about Mega-SCSI is that you don't need
to reboot your
>:>MSX when you change the Zip disk. Just exchange it, even
if it's the only
>:>SCSI device.
>:
>:Are you meaning that you need reset when you change the
disk with other
>SCSI
>:controllers?! Wow, now I'm really happy to have bought the
MegaSCSI!
>
>Well this is not correct, for I can start with only my
first HD online and
>then I can enable my second one later and just use it. When
I try to swap my
>second HD when it's off line it gives a SCSI I/O-error
error, but when it's
>on line it works fine.
This is not what I ment to say!
I ment to say that when you change the zipdisk, and they
have different partitiontabels, you will have to reboot. If
the partitiontabels are all the same, you donīt have to
reboot. That is also why I keep the partittions on my
zip-disks all the same!
>:> Mega-SCSI rulez.
>:
>:It's only that MegaSCSI designers took some time using the
brain before the
>:construction step. It is not so difficult.
>
>I think that's correct.
>
>Why should it be difficult... At the other hand, if it is
so easy, why is it
>made this way after such a long time? Because all designers
of
>SCSI-interfaces were "spaghetti" 'till now?
who knows....
Greetings from the Netherlands
Maico Arts
MSX-NBNO
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