Flashing ROMS in Side2

[Mariano DM]

Hello.

 

I want to flash a couple of ROMs into U1Mb slots, in the XEGS, but first UFLASH complains about the size (8kb) 

 

second, it shows the options disabled the config, how do I boot them ?
thanks

 

 

[flashjazzcat]

XEGS Game and BASIC slots are limited to 8K (hence you are informed by UFLASH that you cannot flash more than 8K).

 

If the XEGS slots are dimmed in the menu, you didn't short the XEGS jumper on the U1MB.

[Mariano DM]

Oh ! Great, I missed the jumper part. Thanks!

 

I thought standard cart images (such as logo.rom) were 8k, Maybe those are 16kb carts.

 

The problem with logo is that it periodically hangs when running from disk, as it tries to access the ROM, maybe is a copy protection or something like that. So I wanted to flash it as cartridge.

 

is this possible in SIDE2 ?

thanks

and BTW fdisk detects SIDE2 as SIDE, I’m afraid of trying to flash anything there because of the U1M.

 

Side2 atr switch is amazing, I was playing phantasie II (3 disks) and it is super fast !

 Thanks for all your work.

 

[Mariano DM]

Just saw your last post about SIDE2, maybe my uflash version is old

[flashjazzcat]

Yes: use the UFLASH supplied with the latest firmware (or supplied with whatever firmware you want to flash). The cartridge should be identified as 'SIDE2'.

[Mariano DM]

Thanks for your help !

I was able to flash oss.rom into external cartridge, What kind of thinks cna I use it for (I already have SpartaDosX, so this was just another copy)

I see the contents in CART2: If I found a suitable 236kb image, how do I boot it ?

 

thanks