+Divide + Fatware/ResiDOS/...
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:16 pm+DivIDE more (G+Dos emulation) uses virtual floppies in the beginning of the CF card. It's said that sector 0 (Partition table) is safe.
So, an idea would be to make two partitions on the CF card then delete the first one to leave room for the +DivIDE mode and use the second one as FAT.
Windows don't allow you to partition a CF card... But you may do it by using a Linux boot disk with the fdisk tool. CF card will be seen as a SCSI peripheral. Keep in mind that when creating a partition under linux, default partition type is Ext2/Ext3 so, you'll have to change to type 6 (FAT16).
A windows tool to do all the process could be useful...
A dialog showing the CF size, the number of +Divide disks and the size of the remaining partition, allowing to change the number of +Divide disks. When clicking on OK, it'd change the partitions and format the FAT partition...
So, an idea would be to make two partitions on the CF card then delete the first one to leave room for the +DivIDE mode and use the second one as FAT.
Windows don't allow you to partition a CF card... But you may do it by using a Linux boot disk with the fdisk tool. CF card will be seen as a SCSI peripheral. Keep in mind that when creating a partition under linux, default partition type is Ext2/Ext3 so, you'll have to change to type 6 (FAT16).
A windows tool to do all the process could be useful...
A dialog showing the CF size, the number of +Divide disks and the size of the remaining partition, allowing to change the number of +Divide disks. When clicking on OK, it'd change the partitions and format the FAT partition...