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4.5.4 Accessing DOS Partitions ................................................................................................. 23
4.5.5 Accessing TOS&DOS Partitions ........................................................................................ 23
4.5.6 Driver usage ...................................................................................................................... 23
4.6 ICD AdSCSI Pro 6.5.5 Driver Package ................................................................................. 24
4.6.1 Partitioning a drive ............................................................................................................. 24
4.6.2 Enabling and Disabling Auto boot ..................................................................................... 26
4.6.3 Configuring the AdSCSI Hard Disk Driver ......................................................................... 27
4.6.4 Removable Medium Drive Support .................................................................................... 27
4.6.5 Accessing DOS Partitions with ICD ................................................................................... 27
4.6.6 Accessing TOS&DOS Partitions ........................................................................................ 27
4.7 CBHD 5.0.2 Driver Package .................................................................................................. 28
4.7.1 Partitioning a drive ............................................................................................................. 28
4.7.2 Enabling Auto boot ............................................................................................................ 28
4.7.3 Configuring the CBHD Hard Disk Driver............................................................................ 29
4.7.4 Removable Medium Drive Support .................................................................................... 29
4.7.5 Accessing DOS Partitions ................................................................................................. 29
4.7.6 Accessing TOS&DOS Partitions ........................................................................................ 29
4.8 SCSITools 6.5.2, and AHDI Driver Packages ....................................................................... 29
4.9 Which Hard Disk Driver Should I use .................................................................................... 30
4.9.1 Hard Disk Driver Summary Table ...................................................................................... 30
Chapter 5. PC Utilities .....................................................................................................31
5.1 Accessing Multiple Partitions from SD Cards ........................................................................ 31
5.1.1 32 bits Windows - Hitachi Microfilter .................................................................................. 31
5.1.2 64 bits Windows – Diskmod from Karyonix ....................................................................... 31
5.1.3 64 bits Windows – Access through virtual 32 bits machine............................................... 31
5.2 Creating DOS Partitions on a PC .......................................................................................... 32
5.3 Working with Disk Images ..................................................................................................... 33
5.4 Partition Table Editor ............................................................................................................. 34
5.5 PC File Transfer Tools ........................................................................................................... 34
Chapter 6. Atari Utilities ..................................................................................................35
6.1 BigDOS .................................................................................................................................. 35
6.1.1 Features ............................................................................................................................. 35
6.1.2 Installing BigDOS ............................................................................................................... 35
6.1.3 BigDOS Sundries ............................................................................................................... 35
6.2 FOLDRXXX Utility.................................................................................................................. 36
6.3 TOS14FIX Utility .................................................................................................................... 36
6.4 POOLFIX3 Utility ................................................................................................................... 36
6.5 CACHEXXX Utility ................................................................................................................. 36
6.6 STE_FIX Utility ...................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 7. File System Problems and Solutions ...........................................................37
PART II – ATARI HARD DISK FILE SYSTEMS TECHNICAL INFORMATION ...................38
Chapter 8. Hard Disk Presentation .................................................................................39
8.1 Hard Disk Primer ................................................................................................................... 39
8.1.1 CHS Format ....................................................................................................................... 39
8.1.2 LBA Format ........................................................................................................................ 39
8.1.3 Conversion between CHS and LBA .................................................................................. 39
8.2 Hard Disk Preparation Steps ................................................................................................. 40
8.3 TOS Partition Size ................................................................................................................. 41
8.4 DOS/FAT Partition Type and Size ......................................................................................... 41
8.5 TOS&DOS Partition Size ....................................................................................................... 41
Chapter 9. Information about TOS Partitions ................................................................42
9.1 TOS Hard Disk Layout ........................................................................................................... 42
9.2 TOS Root Sector ................................................................................................................... 42
9.3 TOS Standard Partition ......................................................................................................... 43
9.3.1 Regular Partition (GEM) Limits .......................................................................................... 43
9.3.2 Big Partition (BGM) Limits ................................................................................................. 43
9.3.3 Example of layout with TOS standard partitions ............................................................... 44
9.4 TOS Extended Partition ......................................................................................................... 44