[Coco] Glenside IDE Controller Question...

[Bob Devries]

Here's the output to the command DSKINI /? of my version:

Usage: DSKINI [/2] [/8] [/D] [/T] [d:] [[path\]diskname[.DSK]]
         "d:"         destination drive (default A:)
         "path"       source directory for virtual disk
         "diskname"   name of virtual disk
         /2           to write to the second side of the disk
         /8           if using an 80-track disk in 1.2Mb drive
         /D           if using an double sided disk in drive
         /T40         40 (tracks/per/side) (default = 35)
         /T80         80 (tracks/per/side) (default = 35)

At least one parameter must be specified.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Controller Question...



> >Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:37:09 -0700

>>From: Randy Just <randyjust at comcast.net>

> 

>>Things appeared to be more promising, but the end result floppy 

>>appears like it is going to

>>boot something and then just throws up patterns of numbers and 

>>letters on the screen.

> 

> ???very strange.

> 

> OK, you have regular OS-9 around, right? Boot that and try dir and

> dcheck on your nitros disks.  

> 

> Disk 1 is the boot disk, yes, and has os9boot, CMDS, SYS, startup, and

> other such things in the root directory.  dcheck should report it as

> double-sided, 40 track, intact filesystem, with some blocks marked

> allocated but not in file structure (that's the boot block itself).

> 

> Disk 2 is not bootable, and has only the NITROS9 directory in its

> root.  dcheck should find this to be a completely good disk (though

> old os9 dcheck may puke on the "6809L2" directory name.*)

> 

> Also, you may need to specify /t40 to dskini.exe (I have to on the

> version I use, don't know about the one Bob sent you.)  try dskini /d

> /t40 a: disk1.dsk

> 

> It also helps, sometimes, to format the disk on the CoCo before trying

> to write a virtual disk to it.

> 

> As far as I know, DR-DOS should not be an issue.  

> 

> If all else fails, I'll freaking snail-mail you physical disks.  But

> you sound like you have the right equipment to do this.  

> 

> *I'm not sure why OS-9 doesn't allow filenames to start with a

> number.  It seems a silly restriction and one that has gone away with

> NitrOS.

> 

> Good Luck!

> Willard

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