[Coco] problem transferring DSK files to disk

[Robert Gault]

Looks like a hardware problem at your end. I just made a 40 track double 
sided disk of the latest NitrOS-9 6309 version using the same command 
string you gave below. The resulting disk booted into NitrOS-9 on my Coco.

Hardware on my system is Win98SE, 1.44Meg 3.5" floppy drive, double 
density diskette. Since my 3.5" drive on the Coco is not drive0, I 
transfered the disk contents (using the Coco) to a 5.25" disk for use in 
my Coco drive0.

Not to be insulting, but you do have a 6309 CPU installed in your Coco3?

Vern Burke wrote:
> 
> Robert Gault wrote:
> 
>> The problem may be the commands sent to dskini.exe or the version in 
>> use. Post the exact command string used to attempt the format of the 
>> NitrOS-9 disks.
> 
> 
> The version is whatever was linked from the Nitros-9 web page.
> 
> Commands are:
> 
> dskini /t40 /d b: nos963~1.dsk for the 40 track file
> 
> or dskini /t80 /d b: nos963~1.dsk for the 80 track file
> 
>  What errors do you get when you try to use the disks on
> 
>> a Coco? 
> 
> 
> Either goes to garbage or drops back to OK after DOS command.
> 
> Can these disks be read on a Coco after booting from a good OS-9
> 
>> boot disk?
> 
> 
> Don't know, I'm trying to hang together enough drives to build myself a 
> usable standard OS-9 boot. It's hell trying to find all the little cable 
> adapters and things after this long :).
> 
> Vern
> 
> 
>>
>> Vern Burke wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings all:
>>>   I'm in the process of re-establishing my CC3 setup and I'm having a 
>>> devil of a time transferring DSK to real disks.
>>>   I'm trying to create Nitros9 boot disks from the DSK files from 
>>> nitros9.org. I'm using dskini.exe and MSDOS 6.22. I've attempted to 
>>> transfer the 80 track version and the 40 track double sided version 
>>> to both 1.44 and 720 3.5" floppies (on DSDD media of course :)). I 
>>> know the drives and the media are OK, since they'll format under DOS.
>>>    Any attempt to use a 720 drive results in various write errors 
>>> (I've tried 4 different drives). Any attempt to use a 1.44 (with DSDD 
>>> media) drive appears to complete properly but fails to boot on the 
>>> CC3 (drops back to OK after giving the DOS command).
>>>    Any suggestions for the secret handshake on making this work?
>>>
>>> Vern
>>>
>>
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