[Coco] SuperIDE backup/restore

[Ronivon Costa]

too bad...
otherwise, I would want it too!
:)

On 28 July 2013 22:35, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> yes i do :)
>
> Sent from my TRS-80 Color 1 - model 26-3003B
>
> On 2013-07-28, at 5:32 PM, Ronivon Costa <ronivon.costa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Sent from my TRS-80 Color 1 - model 26-3003B
>
> Are you kidding me!!!
>
>
> On 28 July 2013 22:19, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> format you new cf on windows and then using gparted on linux delete all partitions.
>>
>> then make a dd copy on it as:
>>
>> sudo dd if=image.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=245
>>
>>
>> Sent from my TRS-80 Color 1 - model 26-3003B
>>
>> On 2013-07-28, at 5:04 PM, Ed Orbea <ed.orbea at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> List Members
>>
>> My goal is to be able to backup and restore my SuperIDE CF Card.I could copy each HDB-DOS virtual drive to physical floppies (and then copy them to DSK image files).
>>
>> I could use dsave and make copies of the contents of the various NitrOS-9 directories and sub directories to physical floppies (and then copy them to DSK image files).
>>
>> But why do I need to do that?
>>
>> I "should" be able to use (via WinXP) the 'dd' utility from Cygwin or the Win32DI application or WinHex (from X-Ways software) or Disk Imager (by Roadkil.net) to extract an image of the entire CF drive and then restore it.
>>
>> In order to try to do this, I purchased several 256mg CF cards (which I have referenced in previous posts).
>>
>> I successfully used the above listed utilities to extract an image from my Cloud9 distribution card.
>>
>> I generated as MD5 hash for each image (after it was extracted from the CF card) and all hash codes were identical.
>>
>> I tried several different CF card (that Mark was kind enough to test for me, as I have been struggling with this for several weeks).
>>
>> The 'target' CF cards are all identical to the Cloud9 distribution CF card according to that is shown via the IDEPROBE utility contained on the Clloud9 distribution disk
>>
>>  Logical cylinders: 980
>>
>>  Logical heads: 16
>>
>>  Logical sectors: 32
>>
>>  Total sectors: 501760
>>
>>  LBA: Is Supported
>>
>>  PIO Timing: 2
>>
>> The only differences are the Serial Number (obviously this should be different) and the # sectors per R/W multiple(Cloud9 distribution disk = 1, the other CF cards = 4).
>>
>> So, I should be able to "extract" the image from the Cloud9 distribution CF card and "restore" it to any of the 'matching' CF cards.
>>
>> The problem is that I can't. And let me explain further.
>>
>>  I can extract the image (without any failures or errors)
>>
>>  I can generate a MD5 has of the actual CF card and the extracted
>>  image, and they match. That tells me that I do not have to do a
>>  byte-by-byre comparison, as the image is an exact copy of the card.
>>
>>  I can then restore the image to one of the other CF cards without
>>  encountering an error or failure
>>
>>  I can then generate a MD5 hash of the new CF cards and that hash
>>  matches what has previously generated.
>>
>>  But when I put the new CF card into the SuperIDE device and power on
>>  the system (CoCo3), I see the Disk Basic banner, the HBD-DOS LBA
>>  banner, and then the system either: starts showing 'sparklies';
>>  starts showing random colors and letters; or just hangs.
>>
>>  The LED on the SuperIDE remains a solid color (no blinking).
>>
>> I have tried using only the SuperIDE cartridge (no MPI)
>>
>> I have tried various MPI configurations/combinations.
>>
>> Everything works correctly, when I am using the Cloud9 distribution card and doesn't work when using the new CF card
>>
>> My CoCo system (as mentioned in previous posts) is:
>>
>>  CoCo3 (6809)
>>
>>  Cloud9 Triad memory upgrade
>>
>>  Roy's VGA converted
>>
>>  MPI with slot 4 (either Disto SCII FDCC with DW3 in Eprom OR TRS-80
>>  26-3129 'long' FDCC); Slot 3 Orch-90; Slot 2 Modified SSC; Slot 1
>>  SuperIDE.
>>
>> Your help is appreciated
>>
>>
>> --
>> Coco mailing list
>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
>> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>>
>> --
>> Coco mailing list
>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
>> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco