[Coco] create blank vhd file

[David Ladd]

Bob,

At one time I think there might have been some information in Jeff
Vavasour's emulator about it as he put VHD support in his emulator
long ago.  I think he also had a ROM that would boot directly off of
the VHD that was setup as strickly OS-9.

I will have to go through my archives to find out.  Been a LONG time
since I have actually dug through my DOS stuff :D

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David Ladd
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder why everyone thinks that I *must* have BASIC partitions?
>
> I DON'T want them. I just want a 128MB drive ENTIRELY for NitrOS9.
>
> Anyway, I managed to do it with HxD, a windows hex file editor. This gave me
> a blank file of the required size, which I can then format with NitrOS9.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
>
> On 21/11/2014 11:45 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob!
>> I just take one of Bill Pierce's vhd files and reformat it.  This has
>> worked just fine for me.  I too would like to properly create big files for
>> my CocoSDC without having to repurpose another file.  If someone has figured
>> this out, please let me know.  Thanks a bunch.  I hope this helps you.
>> Darren, how do you create DSK files bigger than 158KB?  Thanks in advance.
>> Take care my friends.
>>
>> Kip Koon
>> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bob Devries
>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:10 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: [Coco] creaate blank vhd file
>>
>> I'm sure I did have the details of how to create a blank VHD file, but
>> can't locate it.
>>
>> Can someone point me to the instructions?
>>
>> I want to create a VHD of 128MiB, which should, if memory serves, have
>> $7FF80 256-byte sectors under NitrOS9.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
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