Richard Zidlicky writes:
> > 6) Where can I find documentation or information on the QWA partion
> > table(s)?
>
> information about physical QWA fs layout is badly scattered around,
> uqlx/docs/qxlwin.html describes the basic idea of it. If you need
> more detailed knowledge just ask.
> Of course the sources of atari-fdisk, qxl_fschk and uqlx are available.
>
> *NOTE* QWA fs layout is not identical on QXL/QPC/Q40.
>
> The partition tables used by SMSQ and Linux-Q40 are Atari-ST like
> with XGM extension, and a few quirks in SMSQ. The format is pretty
> well described in the README that comes with atari-fdisk sources.
The atari-fdisk readme gives a good picture of the partition table format.
However, it does not mention QWA specifically. I seem to remember that if
fdisk is used to partition the drive initially only qxltools can format it,
ie not Smsq itself (though it can of course use them). What exactly are the
differences? Does Smsq/eQ60 support XGM partitions and/or the ICD
partitioning scheme? Im not able to test this myself as I only have my one,
live, hard disk at present, which was partitioned with mkpartQ60, ie only
four primary partions.
A request:
1) If anyone has a hard disk partitioned first with mkpartQ60, and who have
later added partions with atari-fdisk (preferably totalling more than 4
partions of any type), could they send me their root sector for analysis,
please.
2) Could anyone who have created partitions using only atari-fdisk and
formatted with qxltools send me a copy of their root sector too, please:
open#3; 'WINx_*d2d'
get#3\ 0; sec$
close#3
open_new#3; 'flp1_sec0'
print#3; sec$;
close#3
If the hard disk in question is master on the first IDE controller, ie
WIN_DRIVE$(1) returns 0,0,y then replace x above with 1. If it is slave, or
on another controller, then replace x with whatever number drive youve set
for this. Eg if WIN_DRIVE$(4) returns 1,0,3 then x = 4.
Im trying to adapt my utility, Qwirc (QL Winchester Information and Rename
Console, see http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/downloads.html 3rd party tools for
QPC) for Q60. At present you can view most of the information provided by
Qwirc (COPYBACK!), but cannot change it. The program will be updated when I
get all this sussed out. (However, with the COPYBACK/WRITETHROUGH and
QLib issue, it may not be worth my trouble?) I may also support
QdosClassic/Qubide in the future, if possible, but that will require an
extra toolkit.
TIA
Per
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