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cdh · 02 March 2020, 09:16

Answering my own question...

I connected a TTL serial cable to the console pins and found the device could be identified and read by the firmware, but the CLI "ls" command showed no contents other than a dummy config.ini file.

It turns out that the Romulator's filesystem code does not like partitions. So, I used the following Linux commands to overwrite the partition table, format, and label the device:

Code:

    mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdb
    dosfslabel /dev/sdb Kickstart

This solved my problem. Now I get a list of ROM images and can select and start any of them. The Romulator is an awesome upgrade to my computer. Thank you very much for creating something so cool!

02 March 2020, 09:16	#150
cdh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Los Altos, CA, USA Posts: 55	re: Romulator filesystem format Answering my own question... I connected a TTL serial cable to the console pins and found the device could be identified and read by the firmware, but the CLI "ls" command showed no contents other than a dummy config.ini file. It turns out that the Romulator's filesystem code does not like partitions. So, I used the following Linux commands to overwrite the partition table, format, and label the device: Code: mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdb dosfslabel /dev/sdb Kickstart This solved my problem. Now I get a list of ROM images and can select and start any of them. The Romulator is an awesome upgrade to my computer. Thank you very much for creating something so cool!