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oggy
DCEmu Respected
Reply #15 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 5:44pm
OK it works through dc-cable here is a screenshot
but it still doesn't work with demomenu , really strange
webmaster of
http://dcreload.free.fr tout sur la seconde
vie de la dreamcast
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elefas
DCEmu Coder
Reply #16 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 7:32pm
so the elf works ok. Apparently something went wrong
with the bins. I don't know what and that seems very
strange. I have run out of cd-rs (to burn a selfboot)
and I had the same problems running it with DC_Hakker
(but I thought it was due to nero6).
Please anyone who tried the emu and didn't work (or did
work) inform me so to take care. Also if a devver knows
what's wrong please do a post.
Thanks all for trying and giving me feedback!
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Christuserloeser
DCEmu Admin Team
Reply #17 on: Feb 13th, 2005, 9:37pm
Quote: on Feb 13th, 2005, 7:20pm, Storminator16 wrote:
elf2bin & sh-elf-objcopy truncates the
file so I can't run it in Chanka. Wtf is up
with that?
Yeah, that's annoying. It's not supposed to do
that. I had the problem when I was about to beta
test a SMSplusDC v2.1b that Heliophobe sent me
as ELF but it wasn't running when converted to
BIN. He said that he expierenced the same prob
with a version of SMEG back then. I think it's
some bit of the code that is causing that
problem.
As I don't have any idea about coding I can't
really say anymore about that, but maybe if you
find the problem or document anything that could
help finding it, it'd make coder's future's life
so much easier...
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Storminator16
DCEmu Respected
Will Sams
Reply #18 on: Feb 14th, 2005, 3:46am
ah, I'm not alone in this wierd problem LOL
Storm!Studios and Satellite-Myths
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BudFern
DCEmu Newbie
Reply #19 on: Feb 14th, 2005, 8:32am
I get it to boot to the Sega screen and that's all.
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Storminator16
DCEmu Respected
Will Sams
Reply #20 on: Feb 14th, 2005, 11:57am
'sh-elf-objcopy -O binary -R .stack emulator.elf
emulator.bin '
Got that from GPF, it fixed the truncated binary problem
for me.
Storm!Studios and Satellite-Myths
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elefas
DCEmu Coder
Reply #21 on: Feb 15th, 2005, 11:03am
That's the weirdest problem I have ever envountered!
last night I burned 5 cd-rs trying to make a selfboot
image. none of them worked! wtf?? ?? I used
'sh-elf-objcopy -O binary -R .stack emulator.elf
emulator.bin ' and elf2bin, scrambled and unscrambled
bins, DC-Hakker but nothing worked! It either restarts
or hangs. Storminator16 you said it worked for you.
Could you email me the bin or upload it somewhere so
other people also have access to it?
The elf and the bin is supposed to have the same size
(in bytes)? cause when I use sh-eld-objcopy the bin is
always smaller and when I use elf2bin they are the same!
Really weird problem guys. Sorry for any inconviniency I
caused. the elf though works fine.
Btw I used the DCFreeDev1.2 environment. Maybe
something is wrong with it?
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smiles
DCEmu Newbie
Reply #22 on: Feb 15th, 2005, 6:55pm
Anybody have any further luck creating a successful
(working)binary from the ELF file?
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elefas
DCEmu Coder
Reply #27 on: Feb 16th, 2005, 11:47am
I gave it a try last night again without results. just
wasted some more cd-rs. It is really strange. I can't
understand why this happens. the sh-elf-objcopy command
in verbose mode shows no errors.
P L E A S E I advice newbies not to download the files.
Burning 1st_read.bin on a cd won't make the emu work!
What is working is the elf file which can only be tested
with coder's cable. If you do not have it you waste time
and money (cds), the emu won't work.
A L S O Anyone who knows something about this strange
problem please make a post! Maybe I'll upload the source
code tonight so other coders give it a try.
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elefas
DCEmu Coder
Reply #28 on: Feb 16th, 2005, 6:50pm
*********!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**********
*********GOOD NEWS**********
*********!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**********
Finally did it!!! I dug out an old post at DCemulation
where Scherzo had a solution for this problem. All
credits go to him! Dev-Cpp environment has a problem
with linking the startup.o . This results in making
bins which cannot be booted.
Anyway for compensation I have uploaded the new binaries
(with intro screen) at:
http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~leuterat/watara.zip
1st_read.bin is the scrambled bin (works with selfboot
and DC_Hakker -tested-)
watara.bin is the unscrambled bin
Thank you all and sorry for the inconvinience I caused
Have fun
P.S. @wraggster: please if you can update the
superdcision page with the new updated binaries
