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- From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: How to force a reboot in 2.04
- Message-ID: <34565@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 23:14:23 GMT
- References: <1992Jul31.212326.9443@tamsun.tamu.edu> <33896@cbmvax.commodore.com> <mykes.0bbh@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> <33929@cbmvax.commodore.com> <mykes.0bf2@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> <bmccnnll.712882790@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry McConnell) writes:
- >I replaced my copy of GVP's FaaastPrep (tm) with HD-Toolbox, and the
- >SCSI_DEVICE_NAME ToolType. But I just wish someone would write a good-looking
- >RDB editor!
-
- Just wait a bit... ;-) We know quite well that HDToolbox is ugly
- under 2.0 (it was written to look similar to 1.3 Preferences).
-
- >>I dread using HDToolBox, PERIOD. It is the most dangerous piece of software
- >>I have on my hard disk.
-
- All partitioning software is dangerous by definition.
-
- >Yeah, I have to agree it does have some serious problems. Like calling
- >AllocMem() with a MEMF_FAST argument, and proceeding to *directly DMA* into
- >that location - ouch! Throw the Mask out the window, bypass my own program
- >DMAfix, end up with a garbled RDB, politely ask the user to click "Save
- >changes to drive", which erases everything _without warning_ - yes, this
- >happened to me when I was unlucky enough to own an A590 with v6.0 ROMs, and
- >an accelerator with non-DMA memory.
-
- That's actually a flaw in the A590 driver. It doesn't know to check
- to see if the memory is in 24-bit space or not. At some point you should
- expect this to be revised.... In the meantime you could hack around it
- (or rather add it to your hack - just catch
-
- >Fortunately, the problem doesn't occur with the GVP Series II, or the latest
- >A590/A2091 controllers (or the commercial version of DMAfix...), but I am
- >still a little annoyed...
-
- If it really doesn't happen in the latest A590/A2091, then get a
- new set of roms (the 6.6 roms only work with the 'A' WD part - I don't remember
- if they have the "force dma for >16M" fix (I don't think it was in there
- yet when those were released)).
-
- --
- "Rev on the redline, you're on your own; seems like a lifetime, but soon it's
- gone..." Foreigner
- -
- Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
- {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup
- Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
-