[Coco] Re: Help with ms-dos DSKINI please

[Charlie]

I think what I need to know is the proper Heads, Tracks, Sectors, Sector
Bytes and 1st sector to tell MESS.

I could guess Heads 2, Tracks 40, but after that I'm lost.

Charlie


"Charlie" <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com> wrote in
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> Thanks Robert. I just started using M.E.S.S. Could you help explain how to
> get Mess to use 360K drives so I can make a T40D image? I think I'm using
> the default single sided drive setup.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
wrote
> in message
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> > Charlie wrote:
> > > Here I am, again, asking for help ........
> > >
> > > I have a dsk file of Liesure Suit Larry for the COCO3. It is a 40
track
> > > double sided DSK file.
> > > I used DSKINI under MS-DOS to make it a real COCO floppy. I have done
> this
> > > many times in the past with other dsk files and have not had a
problem.
> > > Including the Nitros9 release disks that are T40-Double sided.
> > >
> > > The lsl dsk gives me an error writing track 11 if I choose ignore the
> disk
> > > finishes and in the COCO it works except for the file vol.1 that I
would
> > > have to guess sits on the disk where the error is. OS9 complains Error
> 247
> > > seek error.
> > >
> > > Here is a link to the file:
> > > http://69.3.33.239:8081/files/lsl.dsk
> > >
> > > Also, a link to the DSKINI I'm using:
> > > http://69.3.33.239:8081/files/dskini.zip
> > >
> > > I am hoping some other ms-dos DSKINI users can try to make this dsk
file
> to
> > > a COCO floppy and let me know if they get the same error that I am.
> > > The command line I'm using is:
> > > dskini /T40 /D B: lsl.dsk
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > There is a problem with the lsl.dsk file but it is usable. The image
> > seems to actually be a single sided disk but lsn0 indicates the disk is
> > double sided. It can be read in MESS if lsn0 byte $10 is changed from
> > $03 to $02.
> >
> > The image does have a problem with track 11 when using dskini.exe. My
> > suggestion would be to use MESS to create a blank t40 d os9 disk and
> > dsave the files form the lsl.dsk to the new one. Then dskini.exe should
> > work.
> >
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