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2010-04-28 by PaulD
Well, for some reason I lost the CF card I had my banks in. And remember in the past, and I even checked the old post...that I did copy the OS and banks to a CF card via EMXP. Now I did the same steps on a new card....128mb Kodak CF and the emax reads Not EMAX2 disk, and I cannot format it in the EMAX II. Never could. So... what are my options? anybody sorted the Format Emax II using our PCs? What can I do.... Paul
2010-04-28 by esynthesist
Physically formatting a disk on a PC for use in the Emax-II is not possible. But there's a work around which doesn't require the CF card to be formatted by the Emax-II at all and still results in a disk which will be accepted by the Emax-II (so no "Not Emax2 Disk" error). You could try this: 1/ Create a blank hard disk image for Emax-II in EMXP (menu 1.5.3). Select the 96MB image size 2/ Add the Emax-II OS and your banks to this image (menu 1.4...3 and menu 1.1...4) 3/ Write this image to your 128MB CF card on your PC, e.g. with a USB CF card adapter (menu 1.5.1...3) PS: make sure to use EMXP version 2.07.5 ! This *could* work. The trick is that the hard disk image written to the unformatted disk should be *smaller* than the disk's actual capacity. I have to find out still how much the size gap should be at minimum. I know this information is coded somewhere in the filesystem, so I should be able to reverse engineer it in the near future... Anyway I just tested the approach with a 96MB image on a 1GB CF card and that works fine... but I admit that this is quite a big size gap :) Perhaps you can let us know if it also works with a 96MB image on a 128MB card ? ///E-Synthesist --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "PaulD" <pauldays1@...> wrote:
> > Well, for some reason I lost the CF card I had my banks in. And remember in the past, and I even checked the old post...that I did copy the OS and banks to a CF card via EMXP. Now I did the same steps on a new card....128mb Kodak CF and the emax reads Not EMAX2 disk, and I cannot format it in the EMAX II. Never could. > > So... what are my options? anybody sorted the Format Emax II using our PCs? > > What can I do.... > > > Paul >
2010-04-30 by PaulD
It's a No-Go. This is odd, I did this before like 3 times.....I've been reading long and dunno what happened. I'm even gonna update the firmware on the SCSi-IDE Bridge, which I heard helped someone, but i the past this wasnt an issue. Any other tip? Paul --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
> > Physically formatting a disk on a PC for use in the Emax-II is not possible. > But there's a work around which doesn't require the CF card to be formatted by the Emax-II at all and still results in a disk which will be accepted by the Emax-II (so no "Not Emax2 Disk" error). > > You could try this: > 1/ Create a blank hard disk image for Emax-II in EMXP (menu 1.5.3). Select the 96MB image size > 2/ Add the Emax-II OS and your banks to this image (menu 1.4...3 and menu 1.1...4) > 3/ Write this image to your 128MB CF card on your PC, e.g. with a USB CF card adapter (menu 1.5.1...3) > PS: make sure to use EMXP version 2.07.5 ! > > This *could* work. > The trick is that the hard disk image written to the unformatted disk should be *smaller* than the disk's actual capacity. I have to find out still how much the size gap should be at minimum. I know this information is coded somewhere in the filesystem, so I should be able to reverse engineer it in the near future... > > Anyway I just tested the approach with a 96MB image on a 1GB CF card and that works fine... but I admit that this is quite a big size gap :) > > Perhaps you can let us know if it also works with a 96MB image on a 128MB card ? > > ///E-Synthesist > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "PaulD" <pauldays1@> wrote: > > > > Well, for some reason I lost the CF card I had my banks in. And remember in the past, and I even checked the old post...that I did copy the OS and banks to a CF card via EMXP. Now I did the same steps on a new card....128mb Kodak CF and the emax reads Not EMAX2 disk, and I cannot format it in the EMAX II. Never could. > > > > So... what are my options? anybody sorted the Format Emax II using our PCs? > > > > What can I do.... > > > > > > Paul > > >
2010-04-30 by Ted Summers
This kind of scenario is exactly why I say it is good to have a floppy in your emax and not remove it. If the CF or ZIp has a problem, with a floppy installed (slim drive with the zip or CF, or the stock drive), you can simply reformat the SCSI "disk" on the emax from your floppy and you are back in business.... just my .02. Ted On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM, PaulD <pauldays1@...> wrote: > > > It's a No-Go. This is odd, I did this before like 3 times.....I've been > reading long and dunno what happened. I'm even gonna update the firmware on > the SCSi-IDE Bridge, which I heard helped someone, but i the past this wasnt > an issue. > > Any other tip? > > Paul > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "esynthesist" > <esynthesist@...> wrote: > > > > Physically formatting a disk on a PC for use in the Emax-II is not > possible. > > But there's a work around which doesn't require the CF card to be > formatted by the Emax-II at all and still results in a disk which will be > accepted by the Emax-II (so no "Not Emax2 Disk" error). > > > > You could try this: > > 1/ Create a blank hard disk image for Emax-II in EMXP (menu 1.5.3). > Select the 96MB image size > > 2/ Add the Emax-II OS and your banks to this image (menu 1.4...3 and menu > 1.1...4) > > 3/ Write this image to your 128MB CF card on your PC, e.g. with a USB CF > card adapter (menu 1.5.1...3) > > PS: make sure to use EMXP version 2.07.5 ! > > > > This *could* work. > > The trick is that the hard disk image written to the unformatted disk > should be *smaller* than the disk's actual capacity. I have to find out > still how much the size gap should be at minimum. I know this information is > coded somewhere in the filesystem, so I should be able to reverse engineer > it in the near future... > > > > Anyway I just tested the approach with a 96MB image on a 1GB CF card and > that works fine... but I admit that this is quite a big size gap :) > > > > Perhaps you can let us know if it also works with a 96MB image on a 128MB > card ? > > > > ///E-Synthesist > > > > > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "PaulD" > <pauldays1@> wrote: > > > > > > Well, for some reason I lost the CF card I had my banks in. And > remember in the past, and I even checked the old post...that I did copy the > OS and banks to a CF card via EMXP. Now I did the same steps on a new > card....128mb Kodak CF and the emax reads Not EMAX2 disk, and I cannot > format it in the EMAX II. Never could. > > > > > > So... what are my options? anybody sorted the Format Emax II using our > PCs? > > > > > > What can I do.... > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2010-05-03 by PaulD
Ted, You know my set-up. I have the slim drive... Suddenly, I can't format the cards anymore. Either the CF Cards, or the SD/CF Card Adapter... with start to format, then screen goes blank......or will say....disk error. If you search in here, in the past, i did the normal EMXP Disk Image, add OS and Restore to the drive pop it in, and presto!....Now, nothing is working... Paul --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > This kind of scenario is exactly why I say it is good to have a floppy in > your emax and not remove it. > If the CF or ZIp has a problem, with a floppy installed (slim drive with the > zip or CF, or the stock drive), you can simply reformat the SCSI "disk" on > the emax from your floppy and you are back in business.... > > just my .02. > > Ted > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM, PaulD <pauldays1@...> wrote: > > > > > > > It's a No-Go. This is odd, I did this before like 3 times.....I've been > > reading long and dunno what happened. I'm even gonna update the firmware on > > the SCSi-IDE Bridge, which I heard helped someone, but i the past this wasnt > > an issue. > > > > Any other tip? > > > > Paul > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "esynthesist" > > <esynthesist@> wrote: > > > > > > Physically formatting a disk on a PC for use in the Emax-II is not > > possible. > > > But there's a work around which doesn't require the CF card to be > > formatted by the Emax-II at all and still results in a disk which will be > > accepted by the Emax-II (so no "Not Emax2 Disk" error). > > > > > > You could try this: > > > 1/ Create a blank hard disk image for Emax-II in EMXP (menu 1.5.3). > > Select the 96MB image size > > > 2/ Add the Emax-II OS and your banks to this image (menu 1.4...3 and menu > > 1.1...4) > > > 3/ Write this image to your 128MB CF card on your PC, e.g. with a USB CF > > card adapter (menu 1.5.1...3) > > > PS: make sure to use EMXP version 2.07.5 ! > > > > > > This *could* work. > > > The trick is that the hard disk image written to the unformatted disk > > should be *smaller* than the disk's actual capacity. I have to find out > > still how much the size gap should be at minimum. I know this information is > > coded somewhere in the filesystem, so I should be able to reverse engineer > > it in the near future... > > > > > > Anyway I just tested the approach with a 96MB image on a 1GB CF card and > > that works fine... but I admit that this is quite a big size gap :) > > > > > > Perhaps you can let us know if it also works with a 96MB image on a 128MB > > card ? > > > > > > ///E-Synthesist > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "PaulD" > > <pauldays1@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Well, for some reason I lost the CF card I had my banks in. And > > remember in the past, and I even checked the old post...that I did copy the > > OS and banks to a CF card via EMXP. Now I did the same steps on a new > > card....128mb Kodak CF and the emax reads Not EMAX2 disk, and I cannot > > format it in the EMAX II. Never could. > > > > > > > > So... what are my options? anybody sorted the Format Emax II using our > > PCs? > > > > > > > > What can I do.... > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >