[Coco] mess HD problem

[Bob Devries]

Hi Kip,
I'm currently using MESSUI v0154 on Windows 8.1. I also have MESS v0152 
set up on KUbuntu. Both exhibit the same problem.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 5/08/2014 12:50 PM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Bob!
> I've never had a version of MESS with two drives.  Did you compile a custom
> version of MESS?  I usually used the latest version of MESS when I was
> playing around with it and it always had just one HD.
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
> http://computerpcdoc.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bob Devries
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 10:34 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] mess HD problem
>
> Hi all,
>
> I used the "devs" utility, and found that the "static mem" pointer for both
> H0 and H1 are the same at $6900, but DD is $7900. My guess is that this
> should not be so. Each device should have its own static memory.
>
> I wonder if emudsk.dr should be recompiled to work correctly with two hard
> disks?
> If I remember correctly, each RBF driver should have the correct number of
> drives set in the source.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> On 5/08/2014 12:02 PM, Kip Koon wrote:
>> Hi Bob!
>> Have you tried issuing the "chx /dd/cmds" and "chd /dd" commands to
>> get control back?
>>
>> Kip Koon
>> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>> http://computerpcdoc.com/
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Devries
>> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 9:22 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: [Coco] mess HD problem
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> does anyone here use MESS with two hard disk (VHD) images?
>>
>> I'm seeing some odd behaviour here. This shows up in both the linux
>> and windows versions.
>>
>> It seems that NitrOS9 forgets the current working directory and
>> execution directory. When that happens, nothing that I do will work;
>> even typing /DD/CMDS/<insert filename here> will not work, and gives error
> 216.
>> I'm not sure, but I *think* it's related to having two VHD images mounted.
>> everything appears to work fine with just one VHD. Is this a mess
>> problem, or NitrOS9? I'm using the latest version of NitrOS9.
>>
>> My VHD images are identical in size, but not, of course, contents.
>> Both are ~120MB.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
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