[Coco] NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help (Progress!)

[Robert Gault]

Nickolas Marentes wrote:


>>Boisy wrote.....

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> Ok.  This tells me that there is most likely an issue with the SS.WTrk 

> routine in the rb1773 driver.  It *could* possibly be the format 

> utility.  However, just to be sure Nick, try the following:

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> (1) Boot into NitrOS-9.

> (2) Insert the stock OS-9 Level Two System Master disk in /d1

> (3) At the shell prompt, type: load /d1/cmds/format

> (4) Now put a blank disk in /d1 and attempt to format.  This is using 

> the stock format utility.  If there are still problems, then its' 

> definitely in the driver somewhere.

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>>Nick Replies....

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> Still crashes.

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>>Boisy writes...

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> Here's something additional to try:

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> (1) Boot into NitrOS-9

> (2) Insert a blank disk in /d1

> (3) Type: format /d1 1 '35' :4:

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> This will give an interleave of 4.  The default is 3.  I doubt the 

> interleave is the problem, but it's worth a try to see the result.

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>>Nick replies...

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> Still crashes.

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What is the crash doing? Does the system just freeze up (no return via 
NMI) or does the screen go wild, relays flip, and weird disk I/O start 
(code in memory gets trashed, ?GIME failure?)?