Re: Followup to: Failure to boot CDR on Dec. 2000 DC and some questions

--- Rafal Boni <rafal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message
> <20021218131302.Q4096-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> you write: 
> 
> ->    Congrats on building an image that works in the
> older Dreamcast.
> 
> Credit for the building is all you; I just burnt it
> to CDR 8-)
> 
> ->    I remember reading somewhere about a hardware
> mod to allow the use
> -> of CD-RWs in Dreamcasts, but I don't know if it
> would be worthwhile to
> -> attempt on the newer Dreamcast cause I'm not
> familiar with how they are
> -> disabling CD-R read support.
> 
> Yeah, I saw the mod, and it was a little
> scary-looking; I figured better
> just spend the extra money on a console known to
> work and save myself the
> hassle 8-)
> 
> ->    I've never tried to boot a data-data CD; I just
> stick with the
> -> mixed-mode audio/data CDs I've been making (and
> provide files/directions
> -> for) cause they work.
> 
> Yah, the data-data CDs were an attempt at getting
> the newer DC console to
> boot something home-cooked but were unsuccesful both
> on the old and new
> consoles 8-)
> 
> ->    The VGA adapters work great. Both of the
> bootable .isos that are
> -> available on my page have the VGA adapter bit
> turned on, so they should
> -> (and do; I run mine through a KVM switch to a VGA
> monitor) work with
> -> either a VGA monitor through an adapter or
> straight to a TV. The DC video
> -> looks very sharp on a nice VGA monitor, too.
> 
> Excellent, thanks!  I think I'll attempt to ditch
> the newer DC on eBay and
> maybe turn it into a VGA adapter and some other swag
> 8-)
> 
> ->    If you decide to whip up your own images,
> Marcus' pages have all
> -> the documentation you'll need to find which bit
> to turn on in the config
> -> file that's used to create the first blocks of
> the .iso.
> 
> Yep, saw those -- and I plan on testing the recipe
> to create myself an IP
> loader CDR so I can get the kernel off the network
> as well (no point in
> burning a new CDR everytime something neat gets
> added or some bug gets
> fixed); it seems a much better way to go since all
> of userland is going
> to come from the 'net as well.
> 
> ->    As an aside, I'm going to get around to updating
> the CD images and
> -> world tarballs I have available to the newer
> release NetBSD sources, but
> -> I've been pretty busy with other projects and the
> like. I'm also going to
> -> jerk out a lot of the extra stuff (pkg tree, a
> few extra thing I compiled)
> -> to get the final tarball size down some.
> 
> I think this would be good, but I'll probably just
> build the world myself,
> at least as soon as the planned disk expansion for
> my Ultra5 arrives.
> 

You had mentioned something about using the Dreamcast
as an MP3 player. Does sound work? I didn't think it
did.

Andy

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