need help with dreamcast HDD IDE

[OzOnE]

Ahh, you're right - I thought I'd played AITD, but I obviously never tested it - it still freezes after I press Start.

Alone in the Dark - The New Nightmare v1.000 (2001)(Infogrames)(NTSC)(US)(Disc 1 of 2)[!]

I also just noticed that the ISO Loader often reboots the machine unless the GD drive lid is open (as others have said).

I'm using the OAK chipset GDD atm, if that makes any difference?

Actually, I can't seem to get Sonic 1 running either?

Sonic Adventure v1.003 (1999)(Sega)(PAL)(M5)[!]

(I got most of the GDIs from freeroms.com.)


I don't actually have a "lid" on my machine, as it's my fake "dev box" (old satellite box).
I did have the switch held down though.

SWAT писал(а):Subheaders the ISO Loader generates himself, so this data in sectors doesn't need in general.

Great, that's what I was thinking - I haven't seen a game yet which wants to read in 2532 byte sector mode?

SWAT писал(а):Use optimize_gdi.bat (or gdiopt utility directly), this is new utility converts BIN tracks to ISO and change the info in .gdi file.

Ohhh, I see the util now in the SDK files. lol
Sorry, I saw that mentioned once, but didn't see the file.
That's much nicer, as the old bin2iso I was using didn't update the GDI file (and left .bin.iso as the file extensions).

So, for best compatibility right now (until we can bypass the HOLLY protection) - is it best to just boot DS from CD-R?

Thanks, SWAT,
OzOnE.