[Coco] OS9 vs RSDOS disks

[Retro Canada]

nope that's not true. if you clean the tracks for the Rsdos directory it will show as an empty disk but yet still a valid os-9 disk. any attempt to write you could ruin it (for os-9 side only).

the only way is reading and interpreting lsn0 for a valid os-9 geometry.




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On 2013-06-13, at 5:32 PM, "George Ramsower" <georgera at gvtc.com> wrote:

> I forgot to mention that if there is only data or programs on it, you 
> should boot OS9 and THEN dir the disk. If it's an OS9 disk, you should get 
> info. Otherwise, it's corrupted or an RSDOS disk.
> George
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Bill Pierce
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>  Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:29 PM
>  Subject: [Coco] OS9 vs RSDOS disks
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> 
> 
>  Hi guys,
>  Is there a simple way to tell an OS9 disk from an RSDOS disk? Maybe 
> something constant in LSN0 on the OS9 disk?
>  It would be nice to identify the disks through software
> 
>  Thanks
> 
>  Bill Pierce
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