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Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:46 pm
Forum: Partition Logic
Topic: Add support for SAS disks (low-level format, save/restore images)
Replies: 2
Views: 5502

Re: Add support for SAS disks (low-level format, save/restore images)

For SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) the very first essential card you need to own is the PCIe, LSI-3041 (B). https://www.amazon.es/405272-006-795224-001-Logic-Express-3041E/dp/B0BHNG36PT It will allow you to reformat even drives that had its low level format interrupted with sg_format where other SAS con...
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Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: Partition Logic
Topic: Add support for SAS disks (low-level format, save/restore images)
Replies: 2
Views: 5502

Add support for SAS disks (low-level format, save/restore images)

Could it be possible to add support for SAS disks and HBAs (PCIe cards that are generic enough to have a single generic driver), etc.? Does Visopsys contain code to do things like the sg_format utility to reformat to 512 or 4KB sectors, or to create/restore disk images from all kinds of media, in LB...
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Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tutorial: Compile VisOpSys
Replies: 7
Views: 37707

Tutorial: Boot VisOpSys from USB (Windows)

NOTE: Remember to always run your emulator programs as an Administrator, to allow them to use your real hardware (like bootable disks) with full privileges. Otherwise they might run with limited features or simply fail. http://devel.archefire.org/favicons/youtube_32x32.png >> View Video Showing VisO...
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Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tutorial: Compile VisOpSys
Replies: 7
Views: 37707

Tutorial: Compile VisOpSys

I made this tutorial to show exactly how to compile and build the VisOpSys disk images. I compiled it under Topologilinux 7.0.1. I used VirtualBox under Windows 7, but the building process was performed under Linux. Then, watch this video. We download the VisOpSys source code ( 0.77 in this case ), ...
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is GIF image support present?
Replies: 1
Views: 12770

Is GIF image support present?

Last time I tested and read VisOpSys features I didn't find GIF support, and I remember to have seen that it wasn't implemented. If so, why isn't GIF support implemented? The LZW patent is supposed to be expired also. I have been able to implement basic GIF decompression in HTML5 (for the latest Fir...
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Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Installing/booting Visopsys from USB?
Replies: 17
Views: 55843

Re: Installing/booting Visopsys from USB?

Hello, yes you've got all the factors correct. The current, released version (0.7) doesn't boot from USB because it relies on the OS loader to tell it which device it was booted from, but the OS loader has no way to know that it's a USB device. The current development version (0.71) does not rely o...
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Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Installing/booting Visopsys from USB?
Replies: 17
Views: 55843

Installing/booting Visopsys from USB?

What can be expected to happen if Visopsys were to be booted from an USB mass storage device, like a hard disk in a case or just a memory stick? If it can be booted from a regular hard disk, I guess it could be booted from USB, but I suspect that distinguishing that fact and actually controlling the...
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Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Compilation successful under Topologilinux 7.0.1
Replies: 2
Views: 17345

Compilation successful under Topologilinux 7.0.1

I just compiled Visopsys 0.7 under Topologilinux 7.0.1 with GCC 4.2.3 and NASM 0.98.39. I remember to have tried months ago with the "preview" version and compilation failing, but now no errors are printed and the floppy image can be successfuly created (I haven't booted it yet but I'm alm...