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Started by Petari, 16-12-2024, 11:45:30

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Petari

 I added comment to this YT video page:  deleted
 My comment was:  "There is a way to access TOS type partitioned SD card (or any other storage actually, what can be attached to PC) - just make image of that - like from SD card by using USB reader (as usual, name is not really good, they can write too) with proper SW - like   https://atari.8bitchip.info/drimus.php  .
 Then can use some newer emulator for Atari ST, what supports real hard disk emulation - Hatari, Steem SSE . Old Steem can access max 1 GB size (via pasti.dll) .
 And to add, even without emulator you can access and do file transfers with my Win program (link above) . Not really for transferring large number of files .
Want to know more details ?  Look, read this:   https://atari.8bitchip.info/ASTfamMS.html "
 I saved it, expecting that will be deleted, and it happened in some 10 minutes max .
 Of course, why allow other's opinions, experience ? No ! 'I do it best ! ' .
There was thread at great AF, where someone described his some solution, and added that it is only way how it can be done . That's really something what is extremely rare case. What is extremely spread is egoism, big words in interest to attract people attention ...  And very common by Atari ST SW, HW developers.
 My little mocking there was deleted by AF staff - how I dared to write there my opinion about someone's way of thinking . Because they just have no clue about some general laws, rules. And to add, in opposite case, if I would write such big stupid claim to favorize myself, and someone would add some comment on it, that would be not deleted. Because rule 'be fair with everyone" matters not, especially not in 21-st C.

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Ronald J. Hall

I think I remember that thread over at AF. IIRC, it's got to do with
how the Atari ST format is not included anymore in a lot of Linux
distributions. I use Kubuntu Linux on my laptop and just a few years
ago it would recognize an Atari ST formatted SD card without issue
but hasn't in a while, since a couple of years worth of updates.

Now I use Mtools, which still works great.

I think you can still recompile the kernel and add Atari support back
but I've always been comfortable with Mtools so it wasn't a big deal
for me. Of course, going back and forth with a Windows machine is dead
easy, as long as you set the parameters of your Atari ST formatted SD
card right.

Regardless, there wasn't any call to delete your comment, especially
since you were just trying to be helpful...
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Petari

Yes, I used around 2000-2010 Linux distros with support for TOS type FAT16 partitioned storage. Once even compiled myself.  But that was not interesting for me since I developed TOS/DOS compatible partitioning. And it is good for MacOS too, and Windows, as DOS FAT16 became standard long time ago, and it uses standard master boot record, unlike TOS type partitioning. Can see details about it on some sites. Nothing complicated.
 What is funny is that Atari went on compatibility, but did it only partially. And all what TOS does is reading MBR (very first sector on media), then hard disk driver does interpreting of MBR and mounting of partitions. They could go on standard MBR format in partitioning SW (AHDI) .  My driver supports both. And if for instance SD card in first slot is with my driver, and in second is card with TOS partitioning all it will be mounted - up to total max 14 partitions (C-P - TOS limit). So, file transfers are easy.