[Coco] cocosdc info

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 2:58 PM
Subject: [Coco] cocosdc info


> hi guys
> when making disk images for os9 disk with the cocosdc do u do it the same 
> as any other disk image
>
> when copying mass amounts of real disk what easiest way to do sowhat steps 
> do I need to do I have 700 or more disk to copy
> I was told that I can use black dsk images as many as I want do I need to 
> mount each one befor I can copy to it
> thanks
>
> -- 

Here is one way, which will allow to you backup floppies from your physical 
drives to your PC using drivewire.

Boot in to NitrOS9-S9 with drivewire support.

Empty slot 1 of the drivewire disk slots as we're going to be using it in 
this example:

1. Create a new disk in drivewire slot 1 which is device /x1 by typing:

 dw disk create 1 E:\COCO\DISKNAME.DSK

 Change the path and DISKNAME.DSK to where ever you want the disk to be 
saved and to whatever you want it to be called.

2. Set /x1 to your drive type.

 Here are the setting for a single-sided 40 track drive:

 dmode /x1 typ=20 dns=01 cyl=0028 sid=01 sct=0012 t0s=0012 ilv=03

3. Format your new disk:

 Format /x1

4. Backup drive # to drive /x1

 Assuming physical drive 0:

 backup /d0 to /x1

5. Write your new disk image to your PC:

 dw disk write 1


Hopefully I got that right.