[Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO

[Randy Just]

1347 ERROR #069
111A ERROR #069
10CF ERROR #069
0FF5 ERROR #069
0FBC ERROR #069
ERROR #032

The above are errors encountered when trying to load makedesc.b09 
from a floppy disk.  No files are
being read from the hard drive at this time..  I am trying to get a 
boot diskette set-up so I can format the
hard drive.  At least I believe that is the process.  At this point I 
have a virgin hard drive.



At 01:41 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:

>Randy Just wrote:

>><snip>

>>I am working with the assumption I load BASIC09 (i.e. /d0/BASIC09) 

>>up first and then do a

>>load /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09

>>Doing the above results in errors.

>><snip>

>>Using idedetect.b09, the drive is detected, so I am assuming I am good there.

> ><snip>

>

>Whenever you are trying to get help with a problem, you must supply 

>as much information as possible on the problem. So, what errors are 

>you getting? The specific errors, number or text content, is crucial 

>information.

>

>Your problem could be bad hardware, drive or interface. It could be 

>software corruption, bad disk. It could be missing driver and 

>descriptor, mismatched OS-9 boot file. The errors produced in 

>attempting to load makedesc.b09 can help narrow down the choices. 

>That idedetect.b09 works, does suggest as you mentioned that the 

>hardware is good.

>

>Without more information, it seems strange that a required file to 

>access the hard drive would be placed on the hard drive. That would 

>be a "catch-22" situation. You ought to have access to makedesc.b09 

>from the same location as idedetect.b09.

>

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