RE: [openMSX-devel] DirAsDSK

[David H. <DHe...@is...>]

Argh, the thing got posted pre-maturely

> Hi all,
>=20
> In the concept version of the release notes, I didn't mention the=20
> DirAsDsk feature. Should it be included?
> In other words: is it mature enough to be a 'supported' feature?
=20
Include it in the release notes, but mention the following:
-The directory may not contain subdirectories (no MSX-DOS2 is=20
not yet supported)
-The total size of the files must fit on a regular 720 KB=20
disk (didn't check enough to see what happens if there is to =20
much data)
So it works for most regular uses of the feature.
I'm also wondering what happens with the 'hidden' files I use to write =
the bootsector and sectorcaches ? I suppose they simply show up under =
Win32
 =20
=20
> What happens on Win32 if a user does:
> openmsx -diska a:
> with a real MSX floppy with, possibly, some sector based data?
> I'm afraid that the disk can be damaged. Please let me know. :-)

some reactions:
1) sector based data: the DirAsDsk feature only read's files,=20
not sectors, so pure sector data is ignored. The code uses the OS'es =
file routines, so I even doubt if Win32 can read single sided DD disks
2) Shouldn't '-diska a:' be intercepted as a special case in the Win32 =
version, to open it as a 720KB file. I once read that each version of =
Windows(tm) as seperate routines for that kind of stuff but then again =
I'm no Win32 developer.
3) I don't run openMSX under Win32, so I leave testing to someone else =
;)


rgds,

David Heremans