[Coco] Another Coco Virtual Disk Util

[Walt Zydhek]

Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Gault
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 3:02 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Another Coco Virtual Disk Util

Walt Zydhek wrote:
> Ok, I have added support for $82 in DD.FMT. New VHD images will be 
> created with $82 in DD.FMT. When opening a VHD, if $82 is in DD.FMT, 1 
> head will be used. Otherwise it will use DD.FMT to determine 1 or 2 
> heads. I Have a few CHDs that were created with 2 heads so opening 
> them as 1 head causes a failure to load. So OS9 does not support 
> multiple head hard drives? They stick to a single head of the drive?
>
> -Walt Zydhek

OS-9/NitrOS-9 supports however many heads are on a real hardware drive. The
.vhd emulated hard drive was designed as a single head drive.



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