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kaladron
msx friend
Berichten: 10 |  Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 00:28 |
Hi there.
I've recently downloaded the disk images of the translated SD SNatcher and would really like to play it on my real MSX2. Is there a way to copy these images onto a real floppy so that they will boot on the MSX computer?
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Sonic_aka_T
msx guru
Berichten: 2261 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 01:31 |
On a general note; yes, it's possible to write disk-images to a real floppy disk. On a legal note: Please read our policies regarding discussions about illegally copied software. While you're not soliciting copyrighted material, we really prefer to avoid discussions regarding 'warez' altogether. And hey, if there's one MSX2 game worth buying it's probably SD-Snatcher... Keep your eyes on ebay, and you may get lucky!  |
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mars2000you
msx master
Berichten: 1723 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 02:04 |
The best tool to transfer a disk image on a real disk is DiskManager, that you can find on the RuMSX site :
http://www.lexlechz.at/ |
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kaladron
msx friend
Berichten: 10 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 09:38 |
Good point Sonic. I don't advocate piracy at all. But then SD SNatcher isn't available in English so my original disks are useless to me....hence me wanting disks of the hack.
Thanks for the help guys.
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kaladron
msx friend
Berichten: 10 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 09:45 |
Hmm.
I downloaded Disk Manager but it comes with very little documentation and I can't figure out how to use it. Any help?
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Retired
msx friend
Berichten: 14 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 11:20 |
Start Disk manager
- Click on File
- Click on Open (select the .dsk file on your harddisk)
- Click on Open (or doubleclick on this .dsk file)
- Put a MSX formatted disk in the diskdrive of your PC
- Click on File
- Click on Write to Disk
- Click on OK
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norakomi
msx professional
Berichten: 861 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 12:38 |
there is also a little program you can use in DosPrompt,
Its called DCOPY (is that correct??)
You go to dosprompt and typ:
DCOPY SDSDISK1.DSK A:
and it copies all the sectors of this disk image to the A: drive.
That should work fine.
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Gilneas2
msx freak
Berichten: 176 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 13:19 |
Or use "dd" for Linux. Also available for win32:
Unix Utils
(dd.exe)
Don't ask me how it works though  |
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kaladron
msx friend
Berichten: 10 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 14:27 |
Quote:
| Start Disk manager
- Click on File
- Click on Open (select the .dsk file on your harddisk)
- Click on Open (or doubleclick on this .dsk file)
- Put a MSX formatted disk in the diskdrive of your PC
- Click on File
- Click on Write to Disk
- Click on OK
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Hmm. I get this messgae:
"This does not seem to be a valid MS(X)-DOS image."
I'm using the translated disk images from Generation MSX, by the way. |
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mars2000you
msx master
Berichten: 1723 | Geplaatst: 19 Juli 2006, 23:55 |
In most cases, this message means that the disk image has a special boot sector that is different from the MSX-DOs or MS-DOS standard formats. But you can still try to transfer the disk image on a real disk, in some cases it will work (if there's no a vicious anticopy protection).
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