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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:31 am
by Fenyx4
raphnet wrote:raphnet wrote:So sadly I can't get to the 'p' command.
This is from a freshly opened one without me having messed around with it.
Please try the new release (v03). I modified sdpart.com to display card information before attempting to read the MBR. Maybe it will show something that will help me understand how I could support it...
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SDpart version 0.3
Partition tool for SD-Cart JR
Running on DOS 5.0
Initializing card... OK
Card: 74/J' (Transcend) SDC v1.0
Serial 38 00 EC CE , OCR: 80FF800
SD Version 1.0, Byte-addressed
Sectors: 0x003BD800
SD-Cart geometry: CHS=244,255,63
Dunno if this is pertinent but I stuck to SD Card in a linux machine and did this
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#fdisk -l
<snip>
Disk /dev/sde: 1.9 GiB, 2008023040 bytes, 3921920 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sde1 255 3921919 3921665 1.9G 6 FAT16
#parted /dev/sde
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sde
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) unit chs print
Model: Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SM/xD (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 972,44,43
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 972,64,63. Each cylinder is 2064kB.
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Type File system Flags
1 0,4,3 972,44,43 primary fat16
(parted)
The CHS doesn't match.
When I do the same things with the Sandisk sdcard that works the CHS matches.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:39 am
by Fenyx4
FYI with the new version I was able to use my larger sd cards! Yay!!
8GB SanDisk MiscroSD HC
256GB SanDisk Ultra MicroSD XC
Had to stick smaller FAT partitions on them of course. Nice thing was I could put a small partition on and then fill the rest with a large partition and the small partition still worked.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:08 am
by Trixter
Is any sort of firmware, flashing, or BIOS replacement necessary to take advantage of 2G+ cards, or is the software update all you need?
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:18 pm
by Fenyx4
Trixter wrote:Is any sort of firmware, flashing, or BIOS replacement necessary to take advantage of 2G+ cards, or is the software update all you need?
I only did the software update and that got it working.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:50 am
by Fenyx4
Let me know if there is anything else you'd like me to try with these Transcend cards. I'd even be willing to send you one.
Otherwise I'm sticking them in a drawer and forgetting about them for now as I got plenty of other cards that work.
Been playing games off of it.
It pairs really nicely with the jrIDE. I can use it to transfer files to the jrIDE without having to power down the Pcjr entirely and pull out the CF.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:13 pm
by raphnet
Fenyx4 wrote:
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SDpart version 0.3
Partition tool for SD-Cart JR
Running on DOS 5.0
Initializing card... OK
Card: 74/J' (Transcend) SDC v1.0
Serial 38 00 EC CE , OCR: 80FF800
SD Version 1.0, Byte-addressed
Sectors: 0x003BD800
SD-Cart geometry: CHS=244,255,63
Sorry for the delay! Unfortunately I do not see anything wrong in the above, or anything that would explain why reading the MBR fails...
Could you try this build of sdpart.com? I've enabled error tracing, knowing exactly where it fails should help.
https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/sd ... _debug.zip
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:36 pm
by Fenyx4
raphnet wrote:
Sorry for the delay! Unfortunately I do not see anything wrong in the above, or anything that would explain why reading the MBR fails...
Could you try this build of sdpart.com? I've enabled error tracing, knowing exactly where it fails should help.
https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/sd ... _debug.zip
No worries. Gave me time to work on other stuff. (Which I'll hopefully be posting here soon.
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SDpart version 0.3
Partition tool for SD-Cart JR
Running on DOS 5.0
Initializing card... OK
Card: 74/J' (Transcend) SDC v1.0
Serial 38 00 EC CE , OCR: 80FF800
SD Version 1.0, Byte-addressed
Sectors: 0x003BD800
SD-Cart geometry: CHS=244,255,63
E2 Error reading boot sector
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:02 pm
by Fenyx4
I took raphnet's 3d print cartridge case from here
https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/pc ... dex_en.php
Had a friend print it off for me and then made some modifications with an xacto knife.
Turned out pretty good!
https://youtu.be/oIkADjsC828
Wish I had stl modifying skills so I could make updates to it so an xacto knife wasn't necessary.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 4:54 pm
by raphnet
Fenyx4 wrote:E2 Error reading boot sector
Thank you for testing! Ok, so E2 means a timeout waiting for the data packet from the card. Maybe this card is a bit slower than others? (or do you have a V20 CPU?)
Here is another debug build which will wait 4 times longer. Could you tell me if it makes any difference?
Fenyx4 wrote:I took raphnet's 3d print cartridge case from here
https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/pc ... dex_en.php
Had a friend print it off for me and then made some modifications with an xacto knife.
Turned out pretty good!
https://youtu.be/oIkADjsC828
Wish I had stl modifying skills so I could make updates to it so an xacto knife wasn't necessary.
Nice! Maybe I don't see it, but did you drill a small hole to let the activity LED shine through? Or perhaps you simply trimmed the enclosure "lip" near the LED?
I should have released a slotted cartridge STL already... I'll try sharing a new STL with a built-in slot in a few days.
Re: SD-Cart JR: An MMC/SD card reader cartridge
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:01 pm
by raphnet
raphnet wrote:Here is another debug build which will wait 4 times longer. Could you tell me if it makes any difference?
Sorry, here it is:
https://www.raphnet.net/electronique/sd ... debug2.zip