Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Thorsten, Am 16.10.2016 um 11:42 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > Michael Schmitz dixit: > >> Did you write the table on the host and then had to byte swap to get it >> read in ARAnyM? >> >> Just checked - Atari byte order disk image files of IDE disks don't need >> byte swapping. Host native byte orde

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Michael Schmitz dixit: >Did you write the table on the host and then had to byte swap to get it >read in ARAnyM? > >Just checked - Atari byte order disk image files of IDE disks don't need >byte swapping. Host native byte order ones do, that suggests your ARAnyM writes in byte-swapped order by de

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Hi Adrian, Am 16.10.2016 um 08:32 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > On 10/15/2016 09:15 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! > > Thanks. I just happened to be in the situation that I'm writing a guide > how to set up a minimal Debian/m68k system on

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 10/15/2016 09:15 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: > good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! Thanks. I just happened to be in the situation that I'm writing a guide how to set up a minimal Debian/m68k system on ARAnyM from scratch. >> Ah, it works after enabling byte-swapping in ARAnyM :

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Adrian, good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! Am 16.10.2016 um 02:53 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > On 10/15/2016 03:11 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> I then tried the image on Aranym but to my disappointment, the kernel did >> not recognize the partition table, so t

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 10/15/2016 03:11 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I then tried the image on Aranym but to my disappointment, the kernel did > not recognize the partition table, so there is still something wrong with > the patch as-is. Ah, it works after enabling byte-swapping in ARAnyM :). Alright, will

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! I just stumbled into this bug again since I wanted to use parted today to create a disk image that would be recognized by ARAnyM with a kernel with just Atari partition support. I pulled the old patch from Stephen's git repository, applied it to the current git version of parted which surpris

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
Philip, On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also user data – before exchanging it between

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is > literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire > disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Phillip Susi dixit: >> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: >> >>> But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild >>> it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up >>> to your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. >> >> Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/16/2013 04:19 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: > >> But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild >> it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up >> to your ATARI and see if it's

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: >But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild it, >then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up to >your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s IDE, though. bye, //mirabilos -- Yay for

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 2:45 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I'm pretty sure that Philipp was talking about tests which are run > during build time to check the code, hence the name "make check". Yes. You should start with the current git head preferab

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 08:31 PM, Stefan Niestegge wrote: > Am 16.12.2013 19:18, schrieb Phillip Susi: >> Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is >> working? >> > > If i can help in any way, please explain what to do. > (I am the one with the Falcon 060). I'm pretty sure that Ph

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 07:18 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: > Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is > working? What kind of checks does libparted perform during build to verify it's doing what it's supposed to do. Is there any documentation or do I need to dig into the code? Adrian

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/13/2013 6:32 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: > John, > > as long as libparted (or some other PC side kernel magic > automagically invoked by libparted - dm??) does take care of > byte-swapping IDE data on the fly, go for it. I had a quick glance > at

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is working? On 12/13/2013 5:54 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi! > > While chatting with someone who was trying to install Linux onto > his ATARI Falcon 060, we stumbled into t