PFS3ds works perfect without NSD patch and support big partitions...tested up to 76 gb with the standart scsi.device v39 in rom
I just tested this version...is a version done by Toni- winuae author
it doesn't support big partitions without a new scsi.device
Your first test was inaccurate. You created a big partition but you did not test if you can fill it with data, too.
seems is hack or patch based on the PFS3 common version but no based on the direct scsi version
PFS3AIO incorporates TD64, NSD and Direct-SCSI as well as support for Kick 1.3. And it checks if the end of the partition can be accessed.
A partition which does not work with PFS3AIO will not work with PFS3DS, either. You just don't notice at once.
however seems the NSD patch is needed to make HDtoolbox works correctly...otherwise HDtoolbox can'tt recognize the drive correctly or you can't set the correct drive parametrs when the drive is virgin or unformatted
That's nonsense. There is nothing in NSDPatch which helps HDToolbox to look at the harddrive in a different way.
Only scsi.device V43 can see the drive correctly. And it does not need NSDPatch because it already is NSD-compliant.
I remember I installed NSDpatch + and scsi.device v43 when I purchase the 80gb hardisk
after you set the drive and you did the PFS3 partitions in hdtoolbox...you can remove those patches safety...there are not needed anymore
You're living rather dangerous.
Firstly PFS3 does not run any better with NSDPatch than without. You don't need NSDPatch at all.
With scsi.device V43 you can initialize the harddrive with its correct size and create partitions for PFS3DS. But if you then remove the V43 patch, you are limited to 8GB again. If PFS3DS shows the partitions as valid this just means that you don't have more than 8GB of data yet. Once you cross the 8GB boundary with data you will get read errors unless you reactivate the V43 scsi.device (or IDEfix or FastATA.driver or .... you need only one).
You should use PFS3AIO instead. It checks if the end of the partition can be accessed and does not show a partition as valid if it can only be accessed partially.
