[Coco] DECB utility malfunction?

[Chad H]

Ok, I've tried encorporate a .BIN >> .DSK store procedure in my BUILD.BAT
for compiling HDBDOS.  It includes all the basic .BIN files into one
BINS.DSK file.  Here is that part of the .BAT file .

 

del bins.dsk

decb dskini bins.dsk

decb copy -2 -b hdbdw3cc1.bin bins.dsk,HDBDW3C1.BIN

decb copy -2 -b hdbdw3cc2.bin bins.dsk,HDBDW3C2.BIN

decb copy -2 -b hdbdw4cc2.bin bins.dsk,HDBDW4C2.BIN

decb copy -2 -b hdbdw3cc3.bin bins.dsk,HDBDW3C3.BIN

decb copy -2 -b hdbdw4cc3.bin bins.dsk,HDBDW4C3.BIN

decb copy -2 -b ..\dwdos\dw3dos_dsk_cc1.rom bins.dsk,DW3DOSC1.BIN

decb copy -2 -b ..\dwdos\dw3dos_dsk_cc2.rom bins.dsk,DW3DOSC2.BIN

decb copy -2 -b ..\dwdos\dw3dos_dsk_cc3.rom bins.dsk,DW3DOSC3.BIN

copy bins.dsk \\Dd-wrt\usb_hd\CoCo\My HDBDOS
<file:///\\Dd-wrt\usb_hd\CoCo\My%20HDBDOS> 

 

The end result 'appeared' to be good.  I wrote the BINS.DSK to a real floppy
and the CoCo 2 saw the files in the directory but failed to EXEC any of them
after LOADM.  I then noticed ALL files were 4 granules in size.   This is
incorrect.  The "dw3dos_dsk" files should be 1 granule.

 

I then created a blank BINS.DSK image and used the "WIMGTOOL" from M.E.S.S.
to drag the .BIN's into the image manually and repeated the test on the CoCo
2 and it showed the proper granule sizes and would properly EXEC them after
the LOADM.

 

Is there a problem with DECB or am I missing something?  I did try to add
the " -c" option but that just made DECB crash L

 

-          Chad