[Coco] Format problem in NitrOS9 V030206

[Bob Devries]

I have just this weekend changed over to NitrOS9 V 030206, but I' having 
problems formatting disks.

The formatter does the physical disk format, and then baulks at the verify 
pass, and issues a "format aborted BAD SYSTEM SECTOR" on every disk I try, 
and on both drives.

Besides that, I'm regularly getting ERROR 251 when I try to read a directory 
or chd to a different disk. Error 251 is Disk ID Change.
I don't think I should *ever* get that except in the middle of running a 
disk related programme, right?

It seems the formatter problems have not gone away yet.

Looking at the disk with ded after the failed format, it seems that the 
formatter fouls up the first two sectors of *every* track! I can tell ded to 
skip to sector 2 (the third sector), and it will read that no problem, but 
then fails at the $12 (first sector on side two of the first track). The 
error given by ded is 251! Why? it *should* be 247, or similar.

I'd love to have some communication with the NitrOS9 development team about 
this, to see if we can find a workaround for it.

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Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

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