This is why I put them up in .imd (ImageDisk, it works on DOS) and .img
(image). Oddly enough I went to install SPSS/X on xHomer and it blew the
emulator sky high (crashed the "Pro"). Then I put it on my real 380
running 3.2. It installed but when I ran it the program displayed the
opening page (bitmapped, worked on Xhomer) then wanted Disk 3 in drive
0. Well, then it wanted it write unlocked (no way on a install disk), so
I used Imagedisk to write a copy, popped it in and with a quick "access"
it started the program and now it doesn't need the disk.
At a files-11 level there are no changes but I'll bet if I dumped that
disk and did a DD: I'd find that the program hard wrote something to
some sector with the serial number of my Pro. So it couldn't be
installed in other places. I wonder if xhomer emulated the serial number
register on the Pro/350, maybe not and that's what blew it up.
Still, it works, and it was fun to fiddle around a bit. Really nice to
be honest.
CZ
On 7/28/2023 8:34 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
I have no idea, I know nothing about IMD format. Is there a spec? Is it open?
paul
On Jul 28, 2023, at 5:47 PM, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote:
Paul,
Doesn't .IMD format have extra headers and metadata that means you can't just
dd it to the raw device?
Warner
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 8:09 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org
<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
If you want to copy raw floppy image files to the device, a simple "dd" command
will serve, if you first use fdparm to set /dev/fd1 to 10 sectors per track.
paul
On Jul 28, 2023, at 8:04 AM, Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org
<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Is it possible that there is a Linux version of ImageDisk?
I found a signature "IMD Linux 0.19" in the P/OS images from
ftp://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dec/pro3xx
<ftp://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dec/pro3xx>
If so, could you please provide a source or link for the said software?
Thanks a lot!
Ulli
