[Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??

Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
Sat Sep 28 12:37:49 EDT 2013


Using hdbdos mode while trying to run NitrOS9 will not work.
That's probably all it is.  I would leave HDBDOS mode off until you're
sure you understand what it does.

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've been using the "HDBDOS Mode translation"  I will disable, try again,
> and report back...
>
> (No DriveWire errors are showing up on the log screen)
>
> All my other OS-9 and NitrOS-9 physical media work just fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:32 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??
>
> Make sure you don't have HDBDOS translation turned on.
> Other than that, check for errors in the server log, they may reveal
> something.
> Another possibility is that coco2 builds were broken when I generated the
> disks I provide, and they are still broken today.
> Yet another is there is something not happy with your system.. cable too
> long, serial port funky, RAM not ramming properly... ?
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Well I tried the other link and got the same thing...
>> http://www.mediafire.com/download/upw1g5462sk9edw/NitrOS9-DW4_problem.
>> wmv
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
>> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
>> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:20 AM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??
>>
>> No
>>  On Sep 28, 2013 12:13 PM, "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any settings that need to be set in DriveWire 4 since this
>>> is not the typical 168k image?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
>>> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:10 AM
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??
>>>
>>> All of the disks on the DriveWire 4 page are intended for use with
>>> DriveWire 4.
>>> To use them, you insert them into a DW4 drive using the DW4 software.
>>> Do not write them to a physical floppy of any kind.
>>>
>>> If the disk does not boot properly when inserted in DriveWire disk 0,
>>> we may have a bad disk image on the page, or your system may be
>>> having some trouble.
>>>
>>> I do not have a coco 2, so cannot guess which might be happening.
>>>
>>> Anybody here using a coco 2 and can test the disk image in question?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> > OK I found this .DSK image on the DriveWIre 4 Downloads page
>>> > thought it would be what I need on my CoCo2 to run NOS9 with DriveWire
> 4.
>>> > However I haven't been able to get it to even boot yet.  I tried
>>> > loading it into DriveWire 4, Drive 0 and DOS into it.after
>>> > "NitroOS9 Boot" it goes to garbage.  Same thing when I DISKINI'd it
> real floppy.
>>> > Then I realized it's a 433k image.  I tried writing it to a
>>> > physical floppy as a double-sided disk.  Now when I issue DOS
>>> > command, I just get "OK" right back.  Can someone tell me the
>>> > specifics on this image as to  tracks/sides, etc and whether its
> intended for "real"
>>> > floppy use
>>> or
>>> loaded into DRiveWire?
>>> >
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