TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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Is there any device driver for the IDE controller on the TF536 that can be downloaded from somewhere ?
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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It’s part of the ROM, look for A600 Gayle style scsi.device.

Edit: You can actually use loadmodule to load a patched scsi.device that you should be able to find somewhere on the net.
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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By ROM, you mean the kickstart ?
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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Yes kickstart rom, I edited the reply above to specify that you can also load it from floppy but it’s much easier to just upgrade to kickstart 3.1.

Using 2.0 makes no sense to me.
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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Thanks appreciated. Fixing to upgrade to 3.1 but not 3.1.4, finding the workbench installation disks (to buy) was not easy for 3.1
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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WoC wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:41 pm Thanks appreciated. Fixing to upgrade to 3.1 but not 3.1.4, finding the workbench installation disks (to buy) was not easy for 3.1
3.1.4 works fine too.
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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alenppc wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:01 pm
WoC wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:41 pm Thanks appreciated. Fixing to upgrade to 3.1 but not 3.1.4, finding the workbench installation disks (to buy) was not easy for 3.1
3.1.4 works fine too.
Are you 100% sure about that ? From what I heard, there are issues with 3.1.4 that isn't in 3.1
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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WoC wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:31 pm Are you 100% sure about that ? From what I heard, there are issues with 3.1.4 that isn't in 3.1
I've been using it since it came out. No issues. You need to have the OS installed, and can forget about booting from old floppies without having to swap disks to load libs, but that's by design.
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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WoC wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:31 pmAre you 100% sure about that ? From what I heard, there are issues with 3.1.4 that isn't in 3.1
I have used 3.1.4 for the past year and wouldn't downgrade to 3.1
I haven't had any issues and its use of large partitions makes using large SD cards a breeze.
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Re: TF536, device driver for the IDE controller ?

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On Kick 1.3 and a TF530 I have successfully used this ide.device driver:
https://gitlab.com/MHeinrichs/AIDE
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