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Keeping in mind that a RomWBW hard disk (including CF/SD/USB devices) |
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allows you to have multiple slices (CP/M filesystems), there are a |
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couple ways to image hard disk media. The easiest approach is to |
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use the "combo" disk image. This image is already prepared |
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use the Combo Disk Image. This hard disk image is already prepared |
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with 6 slices containing 5 ready-to-run OSes and a slice with |
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the WordStar application files. |
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Alternatively, you can create your own |
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hard disk image with the specific slice contents you choose. |
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Alternatively, you can create your own hard disk image with the specific |
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slice contents you choose. |
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### Standard Hard Disk Physical Layout |
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### Combo Hard Disk Physical Layout |
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As previously described in [Hard Disk Layouts], the exact placement of |
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slices and optional FAT partition will vary depending on which disk |
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layout (hd512 or hd1k) you are using and your partition table entries. |
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To simplify the use of hard disk images, RomWBW has adopted standard |
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partition table entries for disk image files provided. |
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partition table entries for disk image files provided. This standard |
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layout is used to produce the Combo Disk Images described below. |
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These partition sizes and locations were chosen to: |
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**NOTE:** RomWBW is not limited to these partition table entries. You |
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can change the size and location of the RomWBW and/or FAT partitions to |
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increase/decrease the number of slices or FAT filesystem size. |
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increase/decrease the number of slices or FAT filesystem size. Doing |
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so would require using `FDISK80` to define your own custom disk layout |
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and initializing your filesystems manually. |
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#### Combo Hard Disk Image |
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The combo disk image is essentially just a single image that has several |
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of the individual filesystem images (slices) already concatenated |
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together. The combo disk image contains the following 6 slices in the |
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positions indicated: |
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The Combo Disk Image is essentially just a single disk image that has |
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several of the individual filesystem images (slices) already |
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concatenated together using the stardard disk layout described above. |
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The Combo Disk Image includes the partition table of the standard disk |
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layout and the following 6 slices in the positions indicated: |
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| **Slice** | **Description** | |
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| Slice 5 | WordStar v4 & ZDE Applications | |
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| Slice 6-63 | _blank unformatted_ | |
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There are actually 2 primary combo disk images in the |
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There are actually 2 Combo Disk Images in the |
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distribution. One for an hd512 disk layout (hd512_combo.img) and one |
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for an hd1k disk layout (hd1k_combo.img). Simply use the image file that |
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corresponds to your desired hard disk layout. Review the information |
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in [Hard Disk Layouts] if you need more information of the disk layout |
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options. |
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> **Note**: Apart from the hd512 and hd1k combo disk images (mentioned above) |
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> there are actaully a number of other `hd1k_*_combo.img` files. These |
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> **Note**: Apart from the hd512 and hd1k Combo Disk Images (mentioned above) |
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> there are actually a number of other `hd1k_*_combo.img` files. These |
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> additional combo files are platform (generally romless) specific, |
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> and should be ignored unless you are on one of these platforms. |
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> If you are on one of these platforms you must use the correct combo file |
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The combo disk image actaully only contains the initial partition table, |
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and the first 6 slices (Slice 0 to 5), this is approximately 49MB in size. |
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While the partition table reserves space to store 64 CP/M filesystem |
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slices as well as a single 384MB FAT filesystem, these area remain |
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empty, and must be manuall initialized manually. |
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The Combo Disk Image actually only contains the initial partition table, |
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and the first 6 slices (Slice 0 to 5), this is approximately 49MB in |
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size. While the partition table reserves space to store 64 CP/M |
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filesystem slices as well as a single 384MB FAT filesystem, these areas |
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remain empty, and must be initialized manually using `CLRDIR` for CP/M |
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filesystems and `FAT FORMAT` for the FAT filesystem. |
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#### Combo Image Capacity |
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The combo disk image layout was designed to fit well on a 1GB hard disk. |
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The Combo Disk Image layout was designed to fit well on a 1GB hard disk. |
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The 64 CP/M slices (approximately 512MB) and 384MB FAT filesystem all |
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fit well within a 1GB hard disk. This size choice was a bit arbitrary, |
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but based on the idea that 1GB CF/SD/USB Media is easy and cheap to |
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If you look in the Binary directory of the distribution, you will see |
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that there are more disk (slice) images than the 6 that are included |
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in the "combo" disk images. These images are identified by looking |
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in the Combo Disk Images. These images are identified by looking |
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for the files that start with hd1k_ or hd512_. |
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#### Adding Slices to Combo Image |
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You can add slices to the combo disk images simply by tacking |
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You can add slices to the Combo Disk Images simply by tacking |
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slices onto the end. For example, if you want to add a slice |
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containing the MSX ROMs to the end of the combo image, you could |
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use one of the following command lines depending on your operating |
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### Writing Hard Disk Images |
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Once you have chosen a combo hard disk image file or prepared your own |
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Once you have chosen a Combo Hard Disk Image file or prepared your own |
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custom hard disk image file, it will need to be written to the media |
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using your modern computer. When using this method, |
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the disk will be partitioned and setup with 1 or more slices containing |
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- The QPM disk image is not included as one of the slices on the |
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RomWBW combo disk image. If you want to include QPM, you can do |
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RomWBW Combo Disk Image. If you want to include QPM, you can do |
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so by following the directions in Source/Images/Readme.txt. |
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## UCSD p-System |
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