[Coco] NitrOS9 partitions

[Bob Devries]

Adding to my previous question....

I noticed in a post by Gene Heskett, that the wpc and ofs descriptor 
settings are indeed set aside to be used for partitioning.

The question now becomes: Has anyone done this before?

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 24/11/2014 11:46 AM, Bob Devries wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any way that NitrOS9 can use partions on the likes of CocoSDC?
>
> I know that OS9/68K does do this with a parameter in the device
> descriptor. It used a (IIRC) three byte offset to the starting sector of
> the partition, and uses uniquely named descriptors for the partitions,
> such as /H0a, /H0b etc.
>
> I see there are some settings that show up when I use dmode, which are
> ofs=, wpc=,rwc. I don't appear to have information about these settings.
> Can someone point me to docs? Help dmode doesn't explain the settings.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia