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  2. Posted

    Well, this is an internal US, and I used the left slot as primary

    when I prepped the 4 gig card. This is with the symbol on the

    US board facing up. (it's actually turned the other way when

    you install it in the Mega STe's hard drive bay).

     

    Wonder which is primary on the US I used in my STacy? They

    are stacked vertically, on top of each other and I used the top

    slot.

     

    I guess I should try the STacy later and see if 2 cards work with

    it.

     

    It's probably some settings that I've messed with (these things are

    almost always my fault).  :)

     

  4. Posted

    There are no dumb questions.  :)

     

    Seriously, yep, I did that.

     

    Some more (probably) dumb questions:

     

    Did you prep both cards with your driver software?

     

    If you're using HDDriver, is hddriver.sys on both cards?

     

    What do you have checked for bus/devices to be read?

     

    Do you keep the primary (boot) card in the left slot or right?

     

    Thanks.

     

  5. Posted

    Okay, is there a very clear, well defined guide for setting up

    -2- SD cards for the Ultrasatan.

     

    I've been playing around with my internal US and have failed

    to get 2 working correctly together.

     

    I've successfully setup a handful of 2 and 4 gig SD cards by

    themselves, using HDDriver v11.01.

     

    With my Mega STe's hard drive bay open, and the internal US

    sitting with Lothareks' emblem *up*, I've been using the left

    hand slot. Works fine, as I said no problems with any single

    card. When I put another card into the right hand slot though,

    I can't ever get HDDriver to recognize it. The US does flash

    the right hand red LED once when I put the card in. 

     

    I tried just booting up from floppy with HDDriver and the 2

    gig card in the left hand slot, then set it up with 4 >500 meg

    partitions, then restarted with the 4 gig card in the left slot

    and the 2 gig card in the right slot but it still wasn't shown.

     

    Putting that 2 gig card in the left slot and booting up without

    the 4 gig card does show up. Booting up with the 2 gig card

    in the left slot and the 4 gig card in the right slot gives 3-4

    bombs, requiring a physical reset.

     

    Any and all help appreciated. As I mentioned at the start, if

    there is a guide somewhere online, please point me to it and

    I'll go from there.

     

    Thanks all.

     

  7. Posted · Edited by DarkLord
    Additional info provided.

    I love v2.06 and much prefer it to earlier versions. However,

    in the interest of compatibility what you may want to do is

    install a TOS switcher - that way you can boot up into what

    ever version you need/want.

     

    PS Keep in mind, going from TOS v1.6 to v1.62 is a matter

    of simply swapping 2 chips. It's a bit more difficult to install

    a TOS switcher.

     

  8. Posted

    Not sure. I do not currently have 2 cards in play.

     

    I don't think I've ever even used 2 cards at once - how far (gigs)

    can you do that? I've got a 4 gig card in - can you still use another

    4 or 2 gig card? Do you have to use HDDriver (or whatever software

    you're using) on it as well?

     

    Thanks.

     

  12. Posted

    Are these devices considerably different in the way they behave compared to one of

    Lotharek's Ultrasatans?

     

    I'm using HDDriver v11.01 with a 2 gig and 4 gig Sandisk SD card. I set them to

    TOS 1.04 and Windows compatibility and divided them up into 4 partition and 8

    partitions, respectively.

     

    I can transfer either card to my Win7 box and they are recognized there, although

    it's only the first C partition on each card that is seen. That's good enough for me

    though, make transfers very easy.

     

    I also have a 2 gig card that on my STacy that I use with my Kubuntu Linux laptop,

    using Mtools for easy access, but it is command line driven and that puts some

    people off. However, using a config. file, you can access all the partitions on the

    card. For example, C, D, and E on the card translate to S, T, and U at the command

    line, so "sudo mdir s:" will show you the C partition directory, etc,...

     

    HTHs.

     

  16. Posted

    Well, I've got a US in my STacy, which has the opening on the right side so it's

    easily accessible.

     

    In the case of my Mega STe, the hard drive cover houses the internal US

    mechanism, so if you leave the 1 single screw loose, you can easily raise

    it up and access the US, which has the card section pointed right at you.

     

    I thought about running a SD card extension cable to the VME cover on 

    the backplane but it was posted that there are errors with the cards when

    you extend them too far so I kind of abandoned that idea.

     

    I can see where it would be problematic on standard ST/STe cases though.

     

    You'd have to modify the case to have access, I'm assuming most people

    use the floppy bay.

     

  17. Posted

    Okay, update.

     

    I went ahead and purchased HDDriver v11.01 from Uwe.

     

    The English manual will come later but I was allowed to

    download the ZIP file almost immediately.

     

    Using HDDriver v11.01, I was able to setup up a 2 gig

    Sandisk card with four partitions of 490 megs + and

    access them all with no problems.

     

    <shrugs> Still don't know what I did with version 8.46,

    but it's all good now.

     

    Thanks all.

  18. Posted

    Well, that's an interesting app. Card needs to be formatted first, and they

    advise you in the docs not to use it on a card with files on it already.

     

    So as you mentioned, good for new cards that you've just set up. Not so

    good for cards already in play, with lots of files on them.

     

    I'll be using it on any new SD cards I get. Thanks again for pointing it

    out.

     

  21. Posted · Edited by DarkLord
    Spelling correction.

    Anyone else having any problems with the v1.2 internal Ultrasatan from Lotharek?

     

    It's probably me, doing something wrong but I can't seem to get around it...

     

    I've got a handful of 2 gig Sandisk cards and it's doing the same thing on 3 that

    I've setup.

     

    I'm using HDDriver v8.46 at the moment. I boot up with a floppy on my Mega STe,

    and do a minimal install on the cards. TOS/WIN compatibility, 4 partitions, around

    4xx megs each. The partitions are C, D, E, and F.

     

    All seems good at first. 4 partitions show up, Show Info says they are the right size,

    etc.

     

    Then, when I reboot, the last partition "F", disappears. I add it back manually but then

    TOS says it doesn't exist anymore. Also, on at least 1 card (I've not tried the other 2)

    the last partition now E, won't hold it's reported size in space.

     

    Anyone else had these problems and if so, know what I'm doing wrong?

     

    Thanks.

     

    PS Checked the 2 gig Sandisk card I'm using in my STacy and for whatever reason I

    set it up as 4 partitions of 256 megs each, with only TOS format checked. It will boot

    up in the Mega STe with this card and the Mega STe's card will boot up in my STacy

    (resolution differences aside). Odd - I remember using the whole 2 gigs <shrugs>.

     

    So I'm thinking there's nothing wrong with the internal US, I'm just setting something

    wrong... Any ideas?

     

     

  23. Posted

    Now that I've got my Mega STe back up and running, I'll be going through the games I have,

    time notwithstanding, shared between work, family, life, etc.  :)

     

    If you've got extra time on your hands <nudge, nudge, wink, wink> how about adapting the

    Phantasie RPG games (there are 3 of them), and Legend of Faerghail?

     

    I don't remember seeing them on your impressive list of already converted games. (if they

    are, apologies).

     

    Thanks, and thanks again for all the hard work on these wonderful games!

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