2016-05-03 by dkevefnzs@yahoo.com
Hello all.
I've finally plugged an SCSI-IDE interface, an IDE-SATA converter and a 128 GB SATA SSD together and put the image of my original 2.2 GB Seagate SCSI disk onto the first portion of that drive.
I've successfully booted AND used the machine for a while.
Now I was wondering:
Could I bring an MFX partition (currently on an external HDU) onto that same SSD?
And, doing that - can I increase the size of the main CMI partition towards 4 GB, and then STILL place an MFX partition behind that (with 124 GB of course :-) )?
Or do I have to keep both the CMI and MFX partition within the first 4 GB of the drive?
Thanks a lot for any answer of yours.
I can also provide more details and any results if anybody is interested.
Kind regards, Joerg.
Some other remarks:
Over the years, I remember having read about disk size / or sector number limits in OS9 at 2 GB or 4 GB, and maybe about large disk support in MFX3 or later - but I don't know about the MFX portion in 11.39.
I'm sure going to review suitable postings on this list as well as other documentation. After all, Partition Magic or gparted will probably not support the CMI, or would they? :-)
I've been after replacing the internal HDU for years, tested multiple CF or SD cards on several adapters I had lying around. The system would boot but locked up after some work, and afterwards the image would not completely boot up again.
After I've seen the same with the SSD, I've enabled termination on that SCSI-IDE adapter - even though there are terminators on both ends of the existing SCSI chain - and thereafter it worked flawlessly. The adapter is Ultra-Wide, after all, so the normal terminators on the 8-Bit SCSI cable may have left some bits floating. Still may go back to test it with a 4 GB or 8 GB CF card as well.
But anyway, the SSD is definitely so fast it should never hinder the system in *any* way, and its excessive size should provide reserve sectors for wear leveling forever - so I might just stick with it.
I'm also unsure how to best transfer the content of a CMI partition when I would want to enlarge it. Apparently, the xbackup or xtotape tools in the system already can't handle the current 2 GB size or process a whole directory tree with all subdirectories - so I guess I'll need to have a source and a destination HD connected and copy the stuff over in the running system, which will take quite a while... or look into the direction of KMI9000. So, I'm going to read further, but would still appreciate any hints.
Thanks!
2016-05-04 by dkevefnzs@yahoo.com
Hello again.
Now, I've searched the group archives, and refreshed my knowledge.
The collected links below (and a few notes of mine at the end) should cover what
is needed to transfer a complete system from existing HDUs to some new medium
(other HDU/CF/SSD/whatever).
I'm posting it to the list in case anybody else is interested in going the same way.
I'm stopping my search at that point - even though there is *so much*
more on the list, I could go on browsing for days :-)
Thanks a lot to all of you for this - and kind regards to you all.
---
Now, my answers and plans:
Anything that OS-9 wants to access probably needs to be within
the first 4 GB of the new HD/SSD/CF/SD/MoD.
Disk sector size should apparently be 256 Bytes - I need to check what I'm
actually using and why it works anyway (or if a jumper labeled 256SCT might
help another SCSI-IDE adapter to work with the CMI III).
I'll just try whether I can make an MFX/MDR partitions for MFX2 version 11.39
beyond the 4 GB limit on some spare disk/CF/SSD - but I guess it won't work.
I may replace my existing relatively large CMI work partition by one or two
smaller ones, and check whether dir listings become faster and tape backup
of a complete partition becomes possible thereafter.
I may use the remaining space of up to 4 GB for an MDR partition on the same
drive. It should have the same capacity as the external drive I'm where it
resides now.
It remains to be tested whether e.g. MDR streaming of all channels plus
Page R playing or auditioning work well in parallel from the same SCSI-ideas
interface/device, but I expect it to work well - because the CMI is limited
to using one SCSI cable to talk to all disks in the previous setup just as well.
I may put all library content out onto DVDs, 4 GB each
(or *multiple* smaller partitions adding up to 4 GB on each?)
I may prepare a library export on a PC to be used for library auditioning.
And, I'll check my the available SCSI-IDE interfaces for their ability to
simulates multiple separate SCSI HDUs from a single IDE/SATA device.
If any of you should know better, please don't hesitate to tell!
---
Relevant sources from the group archives:
Tapes
On how to make floppy disk and tape backups, some disk management commands,
floppy backups needed to boot from for restoring anything in any case
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/270
Disk size computation, 256 byte sectors:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/293
Formatting a second harddrive (Series III)
including format commands, some working drives etc.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1004
rev9.34 SCSI HD setup commands ?
for partitioning and formatting each of up to 4 external 4 GB HDs -
actually not possible - needs 11.39 to get to 4 GB.
Any size SCSI drive can be used, only 4 GB max available in CMI.
Advice on partitioning:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) will display directory listings more quickly.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/845
CMI III/MFX operation question, please.
SCSI Device IDs, Partition IDs, bootup diagnostics/identifying what's there,
cmios9tool by KMI being able to export and import complete /c partitions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2054
CMI series 3 beyond 4 gig?
including formatting limits 4 GB in 11.40 as FAT Microware OS-9 limit,
MFX3 filesystem FLFS 200 GB, and KMI's setup:
2 HDUs of 4 GB, 1 DVD-ROM of 4 GB per disk for libraries.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1284
Playing WAV files on Series III
KMI on his cmios9 new version, including zipped disk image templates for a
system disk, CMI sound disk, MDR disk.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2774
New cmios9 BETA!
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2193
New file uploaded to Fairlight-CMI
cmios9-2-0.zip: full access to OS9, MDR-DOS and QDOS drives+images,
support for 4GB drives, disk-format function, partition editor,
multi-drive high-speed I/O,...
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1522
cmios9 now supports WAV to VC for Series IIx
Version 2.10
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmios9/files/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5147
Formatting 8" Floppies on Series III
Good disc provides $0010CC sectors, formatting duration on FD and HD,
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1441
Re: CMI Explorer & 4GB
CMI explorer by Rob, backing up drive, auditioning library sounds from external backup
Booting from floppy, incl. 11.39 on 9.34 CMI for disk partitioning
SCSI Card on PC for CMI Explorer
Standard SCSI card ok. CMI Explorer can work in r/o mode, also check cmios9.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/884
---
Additional stuff of secondary relevance:
OS Query
Conversion of boot HD content from one OS revision to another
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1399
New Series 3 owner questions
Drive formatting up to 4GB with 11.x, not 9.x software and questions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1521
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Tapes/HD's
On older disks, partitions, backing up etc. - less relevant here
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1523
Trying to backup system partitions on a Series III
Formatting and backing up on floppy disks - commands, errors during backup
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1794
Please verify my partition k0, k1 & k2 on floppy for CMI III, OS6.03
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1823
Series III and CF cards
Problems formatting them, one adapter source
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/3860
"CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!
On various projects, including this and the HxC Floppy emulator
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/4753
FLFS - Fairlight Filesystem of MFX3plus > 4GB
Not supported by cmios9 (then?), so KMI wrote a tool to access it and get content out.
Also, a note about copying files inside the MDR (i.e. MFX) partition.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5185
V11.39 as Image?
Floppy drives, Images, Flashkit (only remotely related here)
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5172
Couple of disk questions
On the MDOS/QDOS disk format. unimd utility extracts *.IMD into *.bin file.
http://exorsim.sourceforge.net/mdos-tech.html
https://github.com/gordonjcp/cmidisk
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5198
IIx Disk export utilities
to various formats, including *.wav, AKAI S900, Ensoniq Mirage
http://www.nattvard.com/iix/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5194
Importing wave files in the series II/IIx
...and tips & tricks by JBE to use with the C.M.I. Flash Kit.
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/Fairlight/CMI_Flash_Kit_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5152
---
Additional notes by myself/js 20160504:
From what I scanned now, cmios9 might be the way to go to format new drives
and copy contents quickly, and the drive image templates might help.
Multiple disks might be needed as scratchpads, however, because I might have
to try to change my current partition scheme into multiple partitions of
new/different sizes, to speed up directory listings.
And the ideas to put libraries onto DVDs, and to audition libraries from
PC based media made/using cmios9 or CMIexplorer might be very fine -
and actually make the partition splitting/size reduction less urgent.
Still:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) should display directory listings more quickly.
And, backing them up to tape or MOD may also work/be easier.
I could not back up a ca. 2 GB preexisting partition to the Exabyte tape with
the xbackup tool, and yes, my directory listings do take a while.
FDD needed to boot?
Is this really true? some computers can actually boot from tape...
And I vaguely remember some bootfromtape mentioned in one of the CMI manuals
or other related sources.
And: totape, fromtape etc. -> xtotape, xfromtape
for Exabyte instead of DC600 tape drive. Also worked with some random DDS
(or DDS2, DDS3, whatever) drive that I tried out.
My attempt to backup a very large partition to tape failed, the utility ran
but did not report backup progress, nor did it show an error message - it just
ended much too quickly.
After all, a complete backup of a 2 GB+ disk can be in Linux or similar OSs:
dd if=/dev/sdb > backup.img bs=256KiB
or so. Takes about 10 minutes, it also works the other way round.
Don't try it if you don't know what you're doing.
(eof)
2016-05-04 by dkevefnzs@yahoo.com
Hello again.
Now, I've searched the group archives, and refreshed my knowledge.
The collected links below (and a few notes of mine at the end) should cover what
is needed to transfer a complete system from existing HDUs to some new medium
(other HDU/CF/SSD/whatever).
I'm posting it to the list in case anybody else is interested in going the same way.
I'm stopping my search at that point - even though there is *so much*
more on the list, I could go on browsing for days :-)
Thanks a lot to all of you for this - and kind regards to you all.
---
Now, my answers and plans:
Anything that OS-9 wants to access probably needs to be within
the first 4 GB of the new HD/SSD/CF/SD/MoD.
Disk sector size should apparently be 256 Bytes - I need to check what I'm
actually using and why it works anyway (or if a jumper labeled 256SCT might
help another SCSI-IDE adapter to work with the CMI III).
I'll just try whether I can make an MFX/MDR partitions for MFX2 version 11.39
beyond the 4 GB limit on some spare disk/CF/SSD - but I guess it won't work.
I may replace my existing relatively large CMI work partition by one or two
smaller ones, and check whether dir listings become faster and tape backup
of a complete partition becomes possible thereafter.
I may use the remaining space of up to 4 GB for an MDR partition on the same
drive. It should have the same capacity as the external drive I'm where it
resides now.
It remains to be tested whether e.g. MDR streaming of all channels plus
Page R playing or auditioning work well in parallel from the same SCSI-ideas
interface/device, but I expect it to work well - because the CMI is limited
to using one SCSI cable to talk to all disks in the previous setup just as well.
I may put all library content out onto DVDs, 4 GB each
(or *multiple* smaller partitions adding up to 4 GB on each?)
I may prepare a library export on a PC to be used for library auditioning.
And, I'll check my the available SCSI-IDE interfaces for their ability to
simulates multiple separate SCSI HDUs from a single IDE/SATA device.
If any of you should know better, please don't hesitate to tell!
---
Relevant sources from the group archives:
Tapes
On how to make floppy disk and tape backups, some disk management commands,
floppy backups needed to boot from for restoring anything in any case
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/270
Disk size computation, 256 byte sectors:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/293
Formatting a second harddrive (Series III)
including format commands, some working drives etc.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1004
rev9.34 SCSI HD setup commands ?
for partitioning and formatting each of up to 4 external 4 GB HDs -
actually not possible - needs 11.39 to get to 4 GB.
Any size SCSI drive can be used, only 4 GB max available in CMI.
Advice on partitioning:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) will display directory listings more quickly.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/845
CMI III/MFX operation question, please.
SCSI Device IDs, Partition IDs, bootup diagnostics/identifying what's there,
cmios9tool by KMI being able to export and import complete /c partitions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2054
CMI series 3 beyond 4 gig?
including formatting limits 4 GB in 11.40 as FAT Microware OS-9 limit,
MFX3 filesystem FLFS 200 GB, and KMI's setup:
2 HDUs of 4 GB, 1 DVD-ROM of 4 GB per disk for libraries.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1284
Playing WAV files on Series III
KMI on his cmios9 new version, including zipped disk image templates for a
system disk, CMI sound disk, MDR disk.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2774
New cmios9 BETA!
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2193
New file uploaded to Fairlight-CMI
cmios9-2-0.zip: full access to OS9, MDR-DOS and QDOS drives+images,
support for 4GB drives, disk-format function, partition editor,
multi-drive high-speed I/O,...
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1522
cmios9 now supports WAV to VC for Series IIx
Version 2.10
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmios9/files/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5147
Formatting 8" Floppies on Series III
Good disc provides $0010CC sectors, formatting duration on FD and HD,
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1441
Re: CMI Explorer & 4GB
CMI explorer by Rob, backing up drive, auditioning library sounds from external backup
Booting from floppy, incl. 11.39 on 9.34 CMI for disk partitioning
SCSI Card on PC for CMI Explorer
Standard SCSI card ok. CMI Explorer can work in r/o mode, also check cmios9.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/884
---
Additional stuff of secondary relevance:
OS Query
Conversion of boot HD content from one OS revision to another
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1399
New Series 3 owner questions
Drive formatting up to 4GB with 11.x, not 9.x software and questions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1521
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Tapes/HD's
On older disks, partitions, backing up etc. - less relevant here
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1523
Trying to backup system partitions on a Series III
Formatting and backing up on floppy disks - commands, errors during backup
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1794
Please verify my partition k0, k1 & k2 on floppy for CMI III, OS6.03
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1823
Series III and CF cards
Problems formatting them, one adapter source
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/3860
"CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!
On various projects, including this and the HxC Floppy emulator
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/4753
FLFS - Fairlight Filesystem of MFX3plus > 4GB
Not supported by cmios9 (then?), so KMI wrote a tool to access it and get content out.
Also, a note about copying files inside the MDR (i.e. MFX) partition.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5185
V11.39 as Image?
Floppy drives, Images, Flashkit (only remotely related here)
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5172
Couple of disk questions
On the MDOS/QDOS disk format. unimd utility extracts *.IMD into *.bin file.
http://exorsim.sourceforge.net/mdos-tech.html
https://github.com/gordonjcp/cmidisk
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5198
IIx Disk export utilities
to various formats, including *.wav, AKAI S900, Ensoniq Mirage
http://www.nattvard.com/iix/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5194
Importing wave files in the series II/IIx
...and tips & tricks by JBE to use with the C.M.I. Flash Kit.
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/Fairlight/CMI_Flash_Kit_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5152
---
Additional notes by myself/js 20160504:
From what I scanned now, cmios9 might be the way to go to format new drives
and copy contents quickly, and the drive image templates might help.
Multiple disks might be needed as scratchpads, however, because I might have
to try to change my current partition scheme into multiple partitions of
new/different sizes, to speed up directory listings.
And the ideas to put libraries onto DVDs, and to audition libraries from
PC based media made/using cmios9 or CMIexplorer might be very fine -
and actually make the partition splitting/size reduction less urgent.
Still:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) should display directory listings more quickly.
And, backing them up to tape or MOD may also work/be easier.
I could not back up a ca. 2 GB preexisting partition to the Exabyte tape with
the xbackup tool, and yes, my directory listings do take a while.
FDD needed to boot?
Is this really true? some computers can actually boot from tape...
And I vaguely remember some bootfromtape mentioned in one of the CMI manuals
or other related sources.
And: totape, fromtape etc. -> xtotape, xfromtape
for Exabyte instead of DC600 tape drive. Also worked with some random DDS
(or DDS2, DDS3, whatever) drive that I tried out.
My attempt to backup a very large partition to tape failed, the utility ran
but did not report backup progress, nor did it show an error message - it just
ended much too quickly.
After all, a complete backup of a 2 GB+ disk can be in Linux or similar OSs:
dd if=/dev/sdb > backup.img bs=256KiB
or so. Takes about 10 minutes, it also works the other way round.
Don't try it if you don't know what you're doing.
(eof)
2016-05-04 by dkevefnzs@yahoo.com
Hello again.
Now, I've searched the group archives, and refreshed my knowledge.
The collected links below (and a few notes of mine at the end) should cover what
is needed to transfer a complete system from existing HDUs to some new medium
(other HDU/CF/SSD/whatever).
I'm posting it to the list in case anybody else is interested in going the same way.
I'm stopping my search at that point - even though there is *so much*
more on the list, I could go on browsing for days :-)
Thanks a lot to all of you for this - and kind regards to you all.
---
Now, my answers and plans:
Anything that OS-9 wants to access probably needs to be within
the first 4 GB of the new HD/SSD/CF/SD/MoD.
Disk sector size should apparently be 256 Bytes - I need to check what I'm
actually using and why it works anyway (or if a jumper labeled 256SCT might
help another SCSI-IDE adapter to work with the CMI III).
I'll just try whether I can make an MFX/MDR partitions for MFX2 version 11.39
beyond the 4 GB limit on some spare disk/CF/SSD - but I guess it won't work.
I may replace my existing relatively large CMI work partition by one or two
smaller ones, and check whether dir listings become faster and tape backup
of a complete partition becomes possible thereafter.
I may use the remaining space of up to 4 GB for an MDR partition on the same
drive. It should have the same capacity as the external drive I'm where it
resides now.
It remains to be tested whether e.g. MDR streaming of all channels plus
Page R playing or auditioning work well in parallel from the same SCSI-ideas
interface/device, but I expect it to work well - because the CMI is limited
to using one SCSI cable to talk to all disks in the previous setup just as well.
I may put all library content out onto DVDs, 4 GB each
(or *multiple* smaller partitions adding up to 4 GB on each?)
I may prepare a library export on a PC to be used for library auditioning.
And, I'll check my the available SCSI-IDE interfaces for their ability to
simulates multiple separate SCSI HDUs from a single IDE/SATA device.
If any of you should know better, please don't hesitate to tell!
---
Relevant sources from the group archives:
Tapes
On how to make floppy disk and tape backups, some disk management commands,
floppy backups needed to boot from for restoring anything in any case
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/270
Disk size computation, 256 byte sectors:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/293
Formatting a second harddrive (Series III)
including format commands, some working drives etc.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1004
rev9.34 SCSI HD setup commands ?
for partitioning and formatting each of up to 4 external 4 GB HDs -
actually not possible - needs 11.39 to get to 4 GB.
Any size SCSI drive can be used, only 4 GB max available in CMI.
Advice on partitioning:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) will display directory listings more quickly.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/845
CMI III/MFX operation question, please.
SCSI Device IDs, Partition IDs, bootup diagnostics/identifying what's there,
cmios9tool by KMI being able to export and import complete /c partitions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2054
CMI series 3 beyond 4 gig?
including formatting limits 4 GB in 11.40 as FAT Microware OS-9 limit,
MFX3 filesystem FLFS 200 GB, and KMI's setup:
2 HDUs of 4 GB, 1 DVD-ROM of 4 GB per disk for libraries.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1284
Playing WAV files on Series III
KMI on his cmios9 new version, including zipped disk image templates for a
system disk, CMI sound disk, MDR disk.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2774
New cmios9 BETA!
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/2193
New file uploaded to Fairlight-CMI
cmios9-2-0.zip: full access to OS9, MDR-DOS and QDOS drives+images,
support for 4GB drives, disk-format function, partition editor,
multi-drive high-speed I/O,...
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1522
cmios9 now supports WAV to VC for Series IIx
Version 2.10
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmios9/files/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5147
Formatting 8" Floppies on Series III
Good disc provides $0010CC sectors, formatting duration on FD and HD,
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1441
Re: CMI Explorer & 4GB
CMI explorer by Rob, backing up drive, auditioning library sounds from external backup
Booting from floppy, incl. 11.39 on 9.34 CMI for disk partitioning
SCSI Card on PC for CMI Explorer
Standard SCSI card ok. CMI Explorer can work in r/o mode, also check cmios9.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/884
---
Additional stuff of secondary relevance:
OS Query
Conversion of boot HD content from one OS revision to another
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1399
New Series 3 owner questions
Drive formatting up to 4GB with 11.x, not 9.x software and questions
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1521
Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Re: Tapes/HD's
On older disks, partitions, backing up etc. - less relevant here
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/1523
Trying to backup system partitions on a Series III
Formatting and backing up on floppy disks - commands, errors during backup
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1794
Please verify my partition k0, k1 & k2 on floppy for CMI III, OS6.03
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/messages/1823
Series III and CF cards
Problems formatting them, one adapter source
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/3860
"CMI Plug" 4 Gbyte bootable drive on a SCSI connector!
On various projects, including this and the HxC Floppy emulator
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/4753
FLFS - Fairlight Filesystem of MFX3plus > 4GB
Not supported by cmios9 (then?), so KMI wrote a tool to access it and get content out.
Also, a note about copying files inside the MDR (i.e. MFX) partition.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5185
V11.39 as Image?
Floppy drives, Images, Flashkit (only remotely related here)
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5172
Couple of disk questions
On the MDOS/QDOS disk format. unimd utility extracts *.IMD into *.bin file.
http://exorsim.sourceforge.net/mdos-tech.html
https://github.com/gordonjcp/cmidisk
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5198
IIx Disk export utilities
to various formats, including *.wav, AKAI S900, Ensoniq Mirage
http://www.nattvard.com/iix/
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5194
Importing wave files in the series II/IIx
...and tips & tricks by JBE to use with the C.M.I. Flash Kit.
http://kunst.phl.be/~dvdborn/Fairlight/CMI_Flash_Kit_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Fairlight-CMI/conversations/topics/5152
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Additional notes by myself/js 20160504:
From what I scanned now, cmios9 might be the way to go to format new drives
and copy contents quickly, and the drive image templates might help.
Multiple disks might be needed as scratchpads, however, because I might have
to try to change my current partition scheme into multiple partitions of
new/different sizes, to speed up directory listings.
And the ideas to put libraries onto DVDs, and to audition libraries from
PC based media made/using cmios9 or CMIexplorer might be very fine -
and actually make the partition splitting/size reduction less urgent.
Still:
Multiple smaller partitions (e.g. 650 MB) should display directory listings more quickly.
And, backing them up to tape or MOD may also work/be easier.
I could not back up a ca. 2 GB preexisting partition to the Exabyte tape with
the xbackup tool, and yes, my directory listings do take a while.
FDD needed to boot?
Is this really true? some computers can actually boot from tape...
And I vaguely remember some bootfromtape mentioned in one of the CMI manuals
or other related sources.
And: totape, fromtape etc. -> xtotape, xfromtape
for Exabyte instead of DC600 tape drive. Also worked with some random DDS
(or DDS2, DDS3, whatever) drive that I tried out.
My attempt to backup a very large partition to tape failed, the utility ran
but did not report backup progress, nor did it show an error message - it just
ended much too quickly.
After all, a complete backup of a 2 GB+ disk can be in Linux or similar OSs:
dd if=/dev/sdb > backup.img bs=256KiB
or so. Takes about 10 minutes, it also works the other way round.
Don't try it if you don't know what you're doing.
(eof)
2016-05-04 by dkevefnzs@yahoo.com
...and sorry for the typos etc., it's late at night... :-)