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

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 04 November 2007, Randy Just wrote:

>1347 ERROR #069

>111A ERROR #069

>10CF ERROR #069

>0FF5 ERROR #069

>0FBC ERROR #069

>ERROR #032

>

These are 'unmatched control structure' errors.  I'm wondering if the 
makedesc.b09 is a basic09 packed file, in which case if RunB is in the cmds 
directory you are chx'd to, then os9 should call runb to exec it just by 
typing '/drive/location/makedesc.b09'

It would be worth a try anyway.


>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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