Problems with Dreamshell RC-1

[Thomas Tatman]

Hello, I downloaded Dreamshell RC-1. I then burned the bootloader with Alcohol 120% and copied the DS file to my SD card. It worked and loaded the first game i tried (Another World), but now, when I choose "Load from SD card" it says "can't find DS_CORE.BIN. What should I do? DS_CORE.BIN is in the DS folder, so I don't understand. I asked onn theisozone.com forum, and it seems like many people are having this problem. Please help.

[aldair]

(30.06.2012 11:37)Thomas Tatman писал(а):  Hello, I downloaded Dreamshell RC-1. I then burned the bootloader with Alcohol 120% and copied the DS file to my SD card. It worked and loaded the first game i tried (Another World), but now, when I choose "Load from SD card" it says "can't find DS_CORE.BIN. What should I do? DS_CORE.BIN is in the DS folder, so I don't understand. I asked onn theisozone.com forum, and it seems like many people are having this problem. Please help.

This happens when using card format fat this error occurs if using cards 2 gigs or below will give that erro.Use cards 4 gigs on for Dreamshell_rc1.

[SWAT]

Say please class and the capacity of your card.

[Thomas Tatman]

I have a sandisk sdhc 8gb. here is the exact card: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-8GB-SDHC-M...k+sdhc+8gb

[SWAT]

4 class not bad, but i recommended 6 and more.
On your adapter have wires?

[Thomas Tatman]

I bought my SD adapter from taobao.com. I tried to find the exact one I have, but I couldn't find it so I made a video. I also want to say that snes4all reads the card and lists all contents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyKDguHI...e=youtu.be

[SWAT]

The only thing I can advise you now, is to try another card...

[Thomas Tatman]

Here is exactly what happens: The very first time I tried RC1 it worked perfectly, it brought up the list of everything on my card and I was able to play "Another World." The problem began when I turned off the Dreamcast and turned it back on to try another game. At this point when I chose "load from SD card" it continually rebooted the Dreamcast every time I chose that, until it finally said "can't find DS_CORE.BIN. It continued to do this until I reformatted the card, then it rebooted a few times and again said "Can't find DS_CORE.BIN If it hadn't worked the first time I tried it, then I would believe that it doesn't work. But the fact that it worked once makes me believe it is just a technical problem. Also, the older version of Dreamshell worked for a few of my games, including "Another World" and "Zussar Vassar." I refuse to give up. I really hope I am not a pain.

[Thomas Tatman]

I was using the "rc1+ bootloader" but now I downloaded the RC1.cdi and it runs, but the file manager does not list any sd games. I deleted the DS folder, and used an older Dreamshell 4.0 disk and it reads the card, it lists the games on my sd card, but so far won't load any games. I'll try to put the DS folder again and see if that makes a difference.

[SWAT]

The fact that it works in Beta does not mean that it will work in RC unfortunately.
If in RC at least it worked once, it can be assumed that the adapter itself is not the best quality.
Try to establish a closer connection to the serial port, there may be a poor contact.

[Thomas Tatman]

Thanks so much. I figured it out, and it was all my fault. I was using the new RC disk and trying to play games for Beta 4. I have bought a new SD card, and now I have one for each version. I am sorry if I annoyed anyone with all my questions. I just didn't know what was wrong. I know better now. Thank you

[superdefault]

(12.07.2012 11:16)Thomas Tatman писал(а):  Thanks so much. I figured it out, and it was all my fault. I was using the new RC disk and trying to play games for Beta 4. I have bought a new SD card, and now I have one for each version. I am sorry if I annoyed anyone with all my questions. I just didn't know what was wrong. I know better now. Thank you

glad you got it working!
do you really need both versions?

[superdefault]

something else:
you probalbly have to be careful WHEN you reset/switch off your dreamcast while using the SD. everyhting was working fine for a couple of month now. yesterday i tried a couple of ISOs, i reset the DC a lot. then all of a sudden Dreamshell did not boot anymore. it's stuck right after the logo screen, i get the 'loading...' and after that i am stuck on a black screen. i'll try to put a fresh DS Folder on the card later tonight.
anyone else with that problem?

[neon]

I have 2 SD cards that doesn't work with DS 4.0 RC1. But they works with Beta3 and Beta4.

SWAT, do you changed something in transfer protocol?
If yes, then could you provide DreamShell with old transfer protocol?

[SWAT]

Yes, the driver is completely rewritten, but the main reason is in compilers. I can't build RC version on old compilers.
Your problem is not in the SD card, problem mostly in the adapters with bad quality.

[patbier]

Hello Swat, I have the exact same problem : the sd works on Beta 4 but not in RC 1.
If you have problems with compiler, I can perhaps help you.
If you need help, do not hesitate to contact me

[SWAT]

I do not want to use the old compilers, I need to use the new compilers with new KOS.
In any case, I will try to fix the problem.

[djvectorman]

The problem that I run into is that 50% of sdiso uploaders on isozone, don't say what versions of dreamshell to use.

I have rc1 and 50% of sdiso library on isozone dc sdisos DON'T WORK on it.

I have the same problem as OP but I don't know what sdiso are for rc1 or beta4 dreamshells. Now I think I got 10 sdiso on a 2gb (swat recommended a 32gb class 6 sd card but it DON'T WORK) so I use a 2 gb scandisc and all I see is that black screen of death "can't load file manager sd" crap.

I'm not going to use 2 different dreamshell cds or sd cards for each versions, that is ridiculous.

I was playing Tokyo that swat uploaded for me and it went to start game and nothing happened so I reset my dreamcast NOW ALL games DONT WORK.

Yes I checked if sd card is tight in sd reader is tight in serial port too. Once game froze, my sd never worked again.

Yes I only have 1 real dc controller plugged in.

Can anybody help ?

Here are games I have on sd card that used to work, but now don't for some reason :

Doom
Wolfenstein
Tokyo Racing
Quake III
Doom 2
Turtles BOR
Castlevania BOR
VMU Tool

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Ok, I reformated the sd card (last resort) and it worked.

But what games are for beta and whats for rc1 so this doesn't keep happening ?

[djvectorman]

But weird how I just reformatted sd card again and put sfIII on it on rc1 (isozone said rc1) and it played for 5 minutes, then froze, then never played again so is it meant for beta 3 or beta 4 ?

So I guess we all must play a guessing game and keep reformatting our sd cards to troubleshoot what works, even though it works once, then doesnt again or uploaders post wrong info for exact dreamshell to be used. So be careful what you put on sd card for rc1, if you put multiple games on make sure they work more than once or you'll be reformating sd card constantly.

[djvectorman]

Ha erased and reformatted sd card again and only put sfIII on it, now sfIII works ha wtf lets see how long before it freezes.

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Froze 10 minutes in. Smh looks like I got to reformat again.

I'm just not even going to put any games on sd except Doom and Wolfernstein and homebrews the hell with this.