21 October 2021, 16:06 | #1 |
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I'm trying to get setfnsize to work on my CDTV, running 1.3 and it isn't happening. I don't want to get physical roms and have to swap them, and I don't have anything else with a SCSI interface.
All I really want to do is setfnsize so I can have full length PFS filenames on a PFS partition. I've tried a few softkick tools that I could remember such as relokick, but I can't seem to boot 2.04 off my CDTV. Does anyone know of a tool that can be used to relokick a 1.3 ECS Amiga to 2.04 or 3.1? |
21 October 2021, 20:07 | #2 |
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Quite frankly, this does not make too much sense. The CDTV has 1MB of chip, and that's it. Now, kick a 512K ROM, then more than half of the RAM is gone. What else then do you want to use the system for?
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21 October 2021, 20:12 | #3 |
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SKick requires a 2.0+ physical ROM. PseudoKick and ZKick are 2 older softkickers that might work. |
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21 October 2021, 20:51 | #5 |
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Maybe PFSaio is working on your CDTV because it was updated to work on OS 1.x? http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/pfs3aio
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21 October 2021, 21:22 | #6 | |
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Literally 5 minutes. Boot to cli. Run one command. That's it. My understanding is once the flag is set it doesn't need to be run again. |
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PFS3AIO does indeed work on os 1.x. Unfortunately it doesn't come with the tools to customise PFS3, and the tools don't work on 1.x, hence the request. |
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21 October 2021, 22:51 | #8 |
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The packets used to set PFS parameters are documented. It shouldn't be too difficult to write tools for Kick 1.3 to set them.
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22 October 2021, 00:12 | #9 |
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iirc mkick
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22 October 2021, 08:40 | #11 |
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how is that quicker than softkick, set flag ?
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22 October 2021, 11:28 | #12 |
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It's not, especially when I don't have another SCSI setup. I've looked into this, tried a few things and this seemed the path of least resistance. I guess I was wrong. I've found the source for a version of setfnsize. I guess I'll get a 1.3 compiler setup and try to build it. Last edited by stevelord; 22 October 2021 at 12:11. |
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22 October 2021, 21:49 | #14 |
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MKick works from Kickstart 1.3 to 3.1 for my A500
(With 512kB chip and 512kB fast) Edit: I've not tried from 1.3 to 2, I have no reason to think it wouldn't work. |
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If you are still interested in the initial problem, then here is the program which runs on 1.3. It can change the file name length limit as well as the deldir size. |
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Too late! Thomas seems to have another solution for you. |
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If it doesn't, mkick might work but not on CDTV (at least in WinUAE) as it jumps back to the main CDTV screen. JP15 on the CDTV should get me into an A500 mode, but I may lose SCSI in the process. When I'm next near the CDTV I'll give it a try as being able to softkick forward may have other advantages. Last edited by stevelord; 23 October 2021 at 18:40. Reason: Didn't initially spot thomas's kind code |
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Under 1.3, you have to implement DoPkt() yourself. That is, create struct StandardPacket (see dos/dosextens.h) and link all the references correctly, then PutMsg() it to the handler port. Unfortunately, that is quite an arcane art. Probably DoPkt() exists in amiga.lib, but I'm not sure.
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23 October 2021, 15:46 | #20 |
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Original Kickstart is excellent for keeping a stock machine around for testing or running original/old software.
But since you are expanding it anyway, how about a Kickstart switch and a 2.0+ or 3.0+ ROM? |
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