[Mtools] Mtools 3.9.11 on VMS (Alpha) v. Nikon + SD card + USB card reader

[Steven M. Schweda]

> ALP2 $ mtools -c minfo -v w:
>  MTOOLS_W (_ALP2$DNA4:) mounted.
> Partition 1 is not aligned
> Warning: inconsistent partition table
> Possibly unpartitioned device
> 
> *** Maybe try without partition=1 in device definition ***
> 
> If this is a PCMCIA card, or a disk partitioned on another computer, this 
> messag
> e may be in error: add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to suppress 
> th
> is warning
>  _ALP2$DNA4: dismounted.
> init W: non DOS media

   After pounding on the code for a while, I seem to have some things
working:

ALP $ mtx -c minfo -v w:
 MTOOLS_W (_ALP$DNA5:) mounted.
device information:
===================
filename="MTOOLS_W"
sectors per track: 63
heads: 32
cylinders: 992

mformat command line: mformat -t 992 -h 32 -s 63 -H 245 w:

bootsector information
======================
banner:"ZoranLtd"
sector size: 512 bytes
cluster size: 32 sectors
reserved (boot) sectors: 1
fats: 2
max available root directory slots: 512
small size: 0 sectors
media descriptor byte: 0xf8
sectors per fat: 245
sectors per track: 63
heads: 32
hidden sectors: 245
big size: 1999627 sectors
physical drive id: 0x80
reserved=0x0
dos4=0x29
serial number: 00000000
disk label="NO_NAME    "
disk type="FAT16   "

Boot sector hexdump:
[...]
 _ALP$DNA5: dismounted.
ALP $


   This is still annoying:

ALP $ mtx -c mdir -s w:
 MTOOLS_W (_ALP$DNA5:) mounted.
Total number of sectors (1999627) not a multiple of sectors per track (63)!
Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test
ALP $ dismount MTOOLS_W

Especially because it doesn't close (dismount) the device properly
(yet), but with mtools_skip_check=1 (as suggested), even some useful
stuff works:

ALP $ mtx -c mdir -s w:
 MTOOLS_W (_ALP$DNA5:) mounted.
 Volume in drive W has no label
 Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000
Directory for W:/

DCIM         <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
MISC         <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
        2 files                   0 bytes

Directory for W:/DCIM

.            <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
..           <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
100NIKON     <DIR>     2008-02-07  23:12
        3 files                   0 bytes

Directory for W:/DCIM/100NIKON

.            <DIR>     2008-02-07  23:12
..           <DIR>     2008-02-07  23:12
DSCN0004.JPG   1501580 2008-02-07  23:15
        3 files           1 501 580 bytes

Directory for W:/MISC

.            <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
..           <DIR>     2008-02-07  22:53
ORDER.NJB           17 2008-02-07  23:38
TRANSMRK.NJB       544 2008-02-07  23:28
        4 files                 561 bytes

Total files listed:
       12 files           1 502 141 bytes
                      1 021 804 544 bytes free

 _ALP$DNA5: dismounted.
ALP $


   If anyone is interested in my changes (no warranty, express or
implied, of course), you know where to find me.

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