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Haze
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Re: MESS: PC and hard disk
02/08/17 01:41 AM


> One simple question about how the hard disk works.
>
> Playing a at486 with msdos 6.22, I've noticed that when you make some change in the
> hardisk, a diff file is created, and if you delete this diff file, all the changes
> are lost.
>
> Is any way to integrate the diff file in the chd? I ask this because I add files to
> the chd converting it to raw and using WinImage, so when I put the chd back in the
> folder, an error message "invalid file parent" appears and I have to delete the diff
> file in order to get the machine working...

you can use

chdman copy

with
--input, -i : input file name (required)
--inputparent, -ip : parent file name for input CHD

and
--output, -o : output file name (required)

I seem to recall that you use the .dif file with -i and the .chd file with -ip and the new file you want to create with -o

Edited by Haze (02/08/17 01:42 AM)







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. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Nightvoice  02/07/17 04:55 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk rfka01  02/07/17 07:25 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Nightvoice  02/08/17 04:30 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk BIOS-D  02/08/17 04:57 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk lharms  02/09/17 06:26 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Nightvoice  02/09/17 09:18 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk lharms  02/09/17 09:47 PM
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. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Nightvoice  02/11/17 02:49 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk MooglyGuy  02/10/17 10:46 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk StilettoAdministrator  02/10/17 05:27 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk MooglyGuy  02/11/17 03:12 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Sthiryu  02/08/17 01:36 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk R. Belmont  02/13/17 11:23 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Sthiryu  02/14/17 04:12 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk R. Belmont  02/14/17 06:26 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Sthiryu  02/14/17 10:55 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Haze  02/08/17 01:41 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Sthiryu  02/09/17 01:40 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk BIOS-D  02/07/17 06:44 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk lharms  02/07/17 06:05 AM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Nightvoice  02/01/17 07:15 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk lharms  02/01/17 10:02 PM
. * Re: MESS: PC and hard disk Moose  02/02/17 01:18 PM
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