[Coco] Having problems formatting 720K floppys

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Mar 25, 2005, at 1:10 AM, Shawn M. Hedgecorth wrote:


> Hi,

>

>

>

> I recently downloaded the most recent NitrOS9 L2 (6809) and am having

> problems formatting 720K disks.  Here's what happens:

>

>

>

> load format

>

> (insert blank disk in drive /dd)

>

> format /dd  (or /d0 - same results)

>

> (info appears on screen relating to the disk format - all appears ok, 

> press

> 'y' to proceed)

>

> (sound of stepper motor moving head track to track...enter disk name)

>

> (head seeks back to first track, and about 15 seconds later I get a 

> seek

> error)


Shawn,

The 3.5" descriptors were built incorrectly for the V03.02.04 release 
of NitrOS-9.  Try putting these commands in your startup:

dmode /d0 dns=1
dmode /dd dns=1

That should clear up the problem.


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