CD MountList request for CSPPC

[Calgor]

I have some problems with my CD driver while using OS3.9.

My hardware is:
A4000T+CSPPC+Acard 7720UW (SCSI-IDE adapter)+Liteon IDE DVDRW.

The CDROM driver is CacheCDFS (with OS3.9?).

It can read and copy files off the CD, but it can't load the os3.9 install script off the CD, UNLESS I set it to bufmemtype of 513 (MEMF_PUBLIC|24BITDMA) instead of 1(MEMF_PUBLIC). But I should not have to for CSPPC!!! Its scsi device is on the accelerator card 32 bit memory access. Also not sure whether I should use SCSI DIRECT or not? And the settings for MaxTransfer and Mask?

I need someone to provide a working mountlist they have for a CSPPC with cd drive so I can compare mine. Can post mine if needed.

This may also be causing some problems I am having with MakeCD and FryingPan (I can't get them to copy or play music tracks off cds).

[keropi]

here is mine, I just edited the device/number settings, and it just works... using a lite-on cdrw with an acard7720uw too... but I never tried to write a cd...

/***************************************************************/
/*  CacheCDFS mountlist entry © 2000 Amiga Inc.    */
/***************************************************************/
       FileSystem     = L:CacheCDFS /* The name of the game */
       Device         = "cybppc.device" /* Name of exec device driver */
       Unit           = 2 /* exec device unit */
       Flags          = 0 /* OpenDevice flags */
       BlocksPerTrack = 351000 /* Unused */
       BlockSize      = 2048 /* True, but unused */
       Mask           = 0x7ffffffe /* Memory mask for direct read */
       MaxTransfer    = 0x1000000 /* Maximum amount of bytes for direct read */
       Reserved       = 0 /* Unused */
       Interleave     = 0 /* Unused */
       LowCyl         = 0 /* Unused */
       HighCyl        = 0 /* Unused */
       Surfaces       = 1 /* Unused */
       Buffers        = 50 /* Number of cache lines */
       BufMemType     = 1 /* MEMF_PUBLIC */
       BootPri        = 2 /* Boot priority for MountCD */
       GlobVec        = -1 /* Do not change! */
       Mount          = 1 /* Mount it immediately */
       Priority       = 10 /* Priority of FileSystem task */
       DosType        = 0x43443031 /* Currently unused */
       StackSize      = 3000 /* Minimum stack required is 3000! */
       Control        = "MD=0 LC=1 DC=8 L LV AL LFC=1 NC S AUDIO=Utilities/PlayCD"
   /* The Control field is for special adjustments */
   /* L/S convert all file/volume names to lowercase */
   /* LV/S convert volume names to lowercase */
   /* AL/S Auto-Lower converts only non-Amiga CDs */
   /* LFC/N start converting at this character */
   /* LC/N/A number of blocks per cache line */
   /* DC/N/A number of cache lines for the data cache */
   /* MD/N/A number of blocks, when starting direct read, not using */
   /* the cache. 0 will be a reasonable default (LC*DC+1) */
   /* S/S Do SCSI direct commands, no Trackdisk like commands! */
   /* NC/S Do NOT use TD_ADDCHANGEINT, poll for DiskChange! */
   /* M/S Issue a TD_MOTOR (OFF) command after read */

[Calgor]

@keropi

Thanks, but that is *exactly* the same as mine after the os3.9 install, even down to the unit number!

Can you try clicking on the install icon from your os3.9 cd (I have the first edition, and installed BB2 including bb2 rom update) using that cd drive?
Mine just seems to hang with those settings, then eventually (after about 2.5 minutes) comes back with an error message saying "Volume AmigaOS3.9 has a read/write error", and when I click cancel, "Unable to open script".

Also:
- what is your version of CacheCDFS? (mine is 42.19)
- what is the max speed of your cd drive? (mine is 48x)

EDIT: In fact PlayCD doesn't work either (does by changing bufmemtype), although it thinks it's playing songs!

[Calgor]

On hold until my A4000T revives.

[keropi]

I have installed 2 times 3.9 with this harware combo... it could be a case of a bad cdrom too...
If I was u, I would use a different drive, obviously this one causes compatibillity probs... I never had to change other settings than device/ID on all my amigas, ide/scsi/1200/4000 ... it just worked

I use a liteon 52x cdr drive... gonna check the versions laters...

[Calgor]

Found the solution (EDIT2: NOT!)

Setting memory type to include 24BITDMA fixed it (you can only have up to 16MB). Also, SCSISpeed crashed when i tried to set the buffer to more than 16MB.

Found good recommendations here:
http://www.amiga-magazin.de/magazin/...csi/index.html
and here:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hjohn/SFS/mask.htm

Also, seemed like synchronous/asynchronous setting didn't cause any problems, and I removed SCSI_DIRECT from the mountlist as no need when using cybppc.device.

Strange how keropi has no such problems with his same setup.

@keropi

Maybe if you can try increasing maxtransfer to more than 17MB and try SCSISpeed with a 17MB buffer to see if it crashes or gives you transfer speed results? Could be useful for those large file copies

EDIT: Just noticed my hard drive partitions have MaxTransfer of 0x1fe00, which is why i have had no hard drive corruptions, and why it doesn't seem fast for the filesystem!

EDIT2: Fixed up baloney comments, MaxTransfer of 0xffffff still did not work, but 0x1fe00 does, but makecd and fryingpan still have big problems reading cd tracks.

[keropi]

bah, I won't mess with it... the HD gives me ~21mb/sec and as for the cd, I don't really care... I think it is about 3-5mb/sec ...

[Shoonay]

Agree with keropi. Sometimes it is best *NOT* to mess with things that work!

[Calgor]

Yes, well, I don't think mine is still working properly since I can't get makecd or fryingpan to work with it properly. You are lucky then!

[Calgor]

OS4.1 for classic gave a clue as to why audio tracks might not be able to be read from the DVDRW or why makecd and fryingpan are having problems. Apparently my combination of Acard SCSI-IDE and Liteon DVDRW (or IDE hard disk) does not support all scsi commands - it could not perform some read and write speed tests and said so. Just a possibility to consider.

I wonder if anyone has used these adapters to read/write DVDs and rip CD tracks using CDDA?

[prowler]

Originally Posted by Calgor

OS4.1 for classic gave a clue as to why audio tracks might not be able to be read from the DVDRW or why makecd and fryingpan are having problems. Apparently my combination of Acard SCSI-IDE and Liteon DVDRW (or IDE hard disk) does not support all scsi commands - it could not perform some read and write speed tests and said so. Just a possibility to consider.

Thanks for the info, Calgor.

I wasn't aware that the ACARD SCSIDE bridges didn't translate all SCSI commands. Does that apply to 68-pin as well as 50-pin bridges?

Originally Posted by Calgor

I wonder if anyone has used these adapters to read/write DVDs and rip CD tracks using CDDA?

That's something to try when I get a moment.

[Calgor]

Cool let me know how you go. The 68 pin adapter I have works perfectly for hard disks in normal Amiga OS operation, but the 68 pin one for DVDRW I had a few problems as mentioned above which I do not know the root cause yet (software/drivers/acard scsi adapter/dvdrw drive)