[Coco] File transfers over DriveWire between PC and Coco hard disk

[Frank Pittel]

Can you try creating a ram disk under the version of hdb-dos needed for
Superide support and then load the drivewire version of hdb-dos and see it
the ram disk is intact?

Frank


On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 07:20:13AM -0400, Robert Gault wrote:
> There have been some claims that you need a floppy drive on the Coco to  
> transfer files between a DriveWire mounted image on a PC and a Coco hard  
> drive. That is not correct.
>
> It is easy to set up a RAM disk on a Coco for use with HDBDOS. Drives 2  
> and 3 become full RAM disk with a 512K Coco, rather than floppy or hard  
> drive "disks" under Basic.
> The content of these drives is stable even after a hard reset with  
> ALT+CTRL+REST.
>
> I have tested the RAM disk code that works with the KEN-TON scsi RGBDOS  
> on a DriveWire HDBDOS system and the RAM disk still works. That means  
> you can have your normal HDBDOS in ROM, load the RAM disk, load HDBDOS  
> DW3, copy files from the PC to the RAM disk, reboot the Coco, start up  
> the RAM disk, and the contents are still available for transfer to your  
> Coco hard drive.
>
> It is much easier running NitrOS-9 as no RAM disk is needed.
>
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