Hi! I did search and I kind of get the answer. But just want to make sure. I got a GD Writer from ebay long time ago. I also got some blank GD-Rs. But I heard that I can not burn any GD-Rs without HKT-01 Dev box. Is that true? Is there any other ways will let me burn GD-Rs without Dev box? Thanks for help.
Well you can burn GD-R without it being directly connected to the HKT-0120, but a HKT-0120 would still need to be connected to the PC for GD Workshop to do anything of use.
Burning a Disk with a GD-Writer Connected to a P.C When you want to burn GD-ROMs for in-house use by members of a development team, you can connect one or more GD-writers to a PC and then follow these steps: 1) Create an emulation project and test it using GDWorkshop (see "A Final Check") 2) In GDWorkshop, choose "Save CRI Script?" from the File menu. Note: If you aren't certain at this point that you have everything set up correctly, you can test your setup by executing the crfdc.exe command with the options "wenv=test lang=e -wm=imagefile -bld-scrfile" (where scrfile is the CRI script) before you perform Step 3. 3) Open the "\Utl\Dev\CDCraft" directory and execute the crfdc.exe command with the options "lang=e -bld-scrfile" (where scrfile is the CRI script). This operation will generate a disk image file.Transfer the disk image file to any number of PCs connected to GD-Writers. (When making this connection, make sure that the SCSI ID is not 0. 4) To burn a disk, execute the crfdc.exe command with the options "lang=e -wm=imagefile -bld-scrfile." (These options are the same as those used in Step 3, with the -wm=imagefile option added.) Note: If you wish, you can use the -num=n option to repeat the burn process. Currently, however, you can use only one GD-Writer per PC. Generating an Uncompressed File The procedure described above generates a compressed image file. CDCraft creates a compact image file because it knows the disk is to be padded, but it doesn't put the actual filler data in the file. To generate an uncompressed image file that is suitable for submission to Sega for pressing, you must create a full 1GB image file. To do this, add the "-benv-imf1" option to the "-bld=scrfile" command mentioned in Step 3 of "Burning a Disk with GD-Writers Connected to PCs" in this document. In addition to creating a full image, you will also need to generate a text-format TOC file that Sega can use to verify the contents of your GD-ROM. To create a TOC file, run CDCraft with the option "-tck=myimagefile." Hope this helps. ...In other words you don't have to connect it to a Dev Kit if you don't want to!
Ah Oldengineer is a good guy. A good answer I have another question. If i'll finish a project with Katana Kit, is possible to use the project on a CDR to put in a retail dreamcast?
Well technically the CD Writer GD Workshop demands is normal, it just only supports an ancient slow as ass model, but modern standard CD Writer, no.
