Ian, as far as I know the only way you can obtain a qubide partition is formatting the hd as soon as the qdos classic start. Next boot you will not have any more error during the qubide module startup. This kind of operation will destroy any partition already present on the disk (smsqe or Linux). This is why I use as primary HD a compact flash card.
Back to the Qx0, after some work with the SMSQE sources, just to familiarise with them and (thanks Marcel) to recover some lost libraries (win1_uti_lib and win1_util_menus_lib), I have recompiled all the smsqe for the q60 succesfully. Not only, again thanks to Marcel , I have also included some of smsqe 2e99 changes regarding fast memory. The speed increase is obviously remarkable, as an example now the operation to boot linux (1.8 MB-2.4.18 kernel )with lxx took less than ONE second instead of 10/20 second). I am quite near also to finish the italian traslation of the messages and keyboard. Ciao --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Derek, > > This is what I tried last night: > Bearing in mind what you said about needing an > already existing partition one, the disk I tried > this time is an IBM 6Gb. The first partition is QWA > approx. 256Mb, the second is Linux SWP approx. 128Mb > and the remainder of space is one or two LNX > partitions. This setup is working with SMSQ/E 2.97 > from which the working Linux installation can be > started. > I tried converting the first partition to Qubide > using the following procedure: > > LRESPR win1_SOFTROM_rext > SOFTROM win1_CLASSIC3r25_rom > > This starts QDOS Classic which initializes the > Qubide 1.56 which fails to find any Qubide > partitions (not unexpectedly at this point). > > EXEC flp1_partition_exe > launches > > Partition v1.53 > (c) PA Borman 1996 > > Drives currently attached: > > Drive Tracks Heads Secs Drive Name > 1 8192 208 0 > K###K###K###K###K###K###K### > > > Edit which drive (ESC to quit): > > [The geometry reported is clearly incorrect, and on > screen the #s in the reported drive name are > actually shaded 'block-cursor' shapes. Geometry and > drive name are garbage. I selected drive 1 which > produced the following message: ] > > The activity light for the selected drive should be > on. > Is this the right drive? > > [The activity light is not on; it works when > accessing the drive in SMSQ/E and Linux. > There is only one drive attached so I persevered > and entered 'y', which produced the next response: ] > > This is not a Qubide drive. > Create a Qubide partition? > > [it's already obvious it isn't going to work, but > nothing to lose, so enter 'y':] > > This is not a Qubide drive. > Press a key > > [After this nothing has been done to the disk > contents which still works with SMSQ/E and Linux.] > > I'm going to make an effort to get to the workshop > on Sunday 22nd and I'm tempted to bring the Q40 with > me. > > cheers, > Ian. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 September 2002 20:22 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ql-users] Q40 + QDOS Classic + Qubide > > > > On Friday 06 September 2002 11:33 am, you wrote: > > Quiet in here innit? Did everyone OD on Guinness > at/after the QL show and > > still suffering the mothers of all hangovers?? > ;O) > > > > Can somebody enlighten me as to what a Qubide hard > disk is? Is it a > > special hardware unlike a normal IDE disk and only > available from one > > supplier? Is it a normal disk but supplied with > some unique low level > > format? > > > > I tried to partition a harddisk using the > partition_exe program from the > > qub156.zip. The disk had been partitioned > previously but they had all been > > deleted using a Linux fdisk. > > > > The partition_exe program detected the disk device > but complained when > > trying to create a partition that it was not a > Qubide disk. Is some other > > preparation procedure needed to turn a normal IDE > disk into a Qubide one? > > > > Ian. > > > Hi Ian, > > I read this message in the QL-USERS mailing list, if > you are using a Q40 with > QDOS Classic, then the code in QDOS Classic is a > Qubide v1.56 module, which > acts in the same way as a Qubide on a QL. > > I think that partition 1 has always to exist before > you can use the partition > program. But maybe wrong here.... Try format Win1_ > to a small figure, then > execute the partition_exe program and alter the > partition definitions. > > I have had a Q60 & Qdos Classic on rom using the > partition program OK. Try > seeing which version of Partition program you are > using, as there were bugs > in earlier versions. > > Derek > > Visit our website at http://www.ubswarburg.com > > This message contains confidential information and > is intended only > for the individual named. 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