From raichle@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Fri Oct 25 16:15:08 1991 Received: from laas.laas.fr by vega.laas.fr, Fri, 25 Oct 91 16:15:07 +0100,Sendmail 5.61+ Received: from ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de by laas.laas.fr, Fri, 25 Oct 91 16:08:39 +0100,Sendmail 5.61+ Received: from azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de by ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de with SMTP; Fri, 25 Oct 91 16:10:13 +0100 Message-Id: <9110251514.AA11786@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Received: by azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de; Fri, 25 Oct 91 16:14:44 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Ralph P. Sobek"'s message of Fri, 25 Oct 91 15:58:43 +0100 <9110251458.AA22935@orion.laas.fr> From: Bernd Raichle To: ralph@vega Subject: Re: Downloading to ST disk's using MTools on a SPARC. Date: Fri, 25 Oct 91 16:14:44 +0100 Ralph, > I also have used Mtools version 2.0.4, dated 11 Apr 91, but I am > interested in the patch which allows 10 sector/track disks! > > Can you pass it along? The following patch is ok for Mtools 2.04 (the patched mtools is running without problems since July 91), but you can't format a 10 Sec/Trk disk on the Sparcstation. Enjoy, -bernd ------------------------------ CUT From: r90p@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: ST Disks & Sparcstation Drives Date: 21 Mar 91 04:54:27 GMT Organization: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton > > A few months ago, some people were talking about reading Atari > ST disks from a Sparcstation. Does anyone know how to go about > this? > > Specifically, I want to read files from a double sided disk onto > my Sparc and then transfer them to my ST hard disk via modem (I > only have a single-sided floppy). >From Mtools 2.03, patch #3: # Mtools was posted to the unix-pc.sources news group (and mailed to the # moderator of comp.sources.unix) on the 17th of September 1990. Since # then, patch #1 and #2 have been posted to unix-pc.sources, # comp.sources.bugs, and emailed to Rich Salz. # # In addition, the current version of Mtools and all the patches are # available via anonymous ftp from cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.101). # # Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood # ...!uunet!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV # fthood!egray@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Directorate of Engineering & Housing # Environmental Management Office # Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057 Just a few days ago, I modified Mtools so that they can read and (be careful!) write single sided 3.5" floppies and e.g. floppies with 10 sec/track: ---------------------------- < cut here > ------------------------- *** devices.c_as_distrubuted Mon Mar 11 17:39:48 1991 --- devices.c Mon Mar 11 17:41:34 1991 *************** *** 27,37 **** #endif /* MASSCOMP */ #ifdef SPARC struct device devices[] = { ! {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 80, 2, 18}, ! {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 80, 2, 9}, {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 0, 0, 0} }; #endif /* SPARC */ #ifdef UNIXPC --- 27,94 ---- #endif /* MASSCOMP */ #ifdef SPARC + #include + #include + #include + + int init_sparc_fd(); + struct device devices[] = { ! {'A', "/dev/rfd0c", 0L, 12, 0, init_sparc_fd, 80, 2, 0}, {'\0', (char *) NULL, 0L, 0, 0, (int (*) ()) 0, 0, 0, 0} }; + + /* + * Stuffing back the floppy parameters into the driver + * allows for gems like 10 sector or single sided floppies + * from Atari ST systems. + * Also the table needs only one entry (SunOS already tries + * for HD and DD floppies). + * Note that it is necessary to set the partition info, + * since otherwise e.g. a 800k floppy (80 tr., 2 heads, 10 sectors) + * would only be read and writeable up to 720k. + * + * Martin Schulz, Universite de Moncton, March 11, 1991. + */ + int + init_sparc_fd(fd, ntracks, nheads, nsect) + int fd, ntracks, nheads, nsect; + { + struct fdk_char dkbuf; + struct dk_map dkmap; + + if (ioctl(fd, FDKIOGCHAR, &dkbuf) != 0) { + ioctl(fd, FDKEJECT, NULL); + return(1); + } + + if (ioctl(fd, DKIOCGPART, &dkmap) != 0) { + ioctl(fd, FDKEJECT, NULL); + return(1); + } + + if ( ntracks && nheads ) + dkbuf.ncyl = ntracks * nheads; + if ( nheads ) + dkbuf.nhead = nheads; + if ( nsect ) + dkbuf.secptrack = nsect; + + if ( ntracks && nheads && nsect ) + dkmap.dkl_nblk = ntracks * nheads * nsect; + + if (ioctl(fd, FDKIOSCHAR, &dkbuf) != 0) { + ioctl(fd, FDKEJECT, NULL); + return(1); + } + + if (ioctl(fd, DKIOCSPART, &dkmap) != 0) { + ioctl(fd, FDKEJECT, NULL); + return(1); + } + + return(0); + } #endif /* SPARC */ #ifdef UNIXPC ---------------------------- < cut here > ------------------------- Replies to: Martin Schulz martin@atlantic.cs.unb.ca ------------------------------ CUT __________________________________________________________________________ Bernd Raichle, Student der Universit"at Stuttgart | "Le langage est source privat: Stettener Str. 73, D-W-7300 Esslingen | de malentendus" email: raichle@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de | (A. de Saint-Exupery)