[Coco] Question from Facebook, 5 hours old

[Bill Pierce]

The problem is not the descriptors but the dw driver itself (rbdw).
I actually made extra descriptors but had to rebuild the driver and specify more drives.
I'm pretty sure that still exists and the driver would have to be modded. If I remember right, it's a single byte change in the defs (or the driver if just patching).
I had modded 4 more descriptors (/x4-/x7) to act as floppy descriptors but I no longer use that boot so I would have to do a compare to my current (standard dw) to see what I changed.
After the driver is fixed, just make new descriptors with new names and drive assignments. simple...
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen H. Fischer <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: a_nani_mouse <a_nani_mouse at mindspring.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 12, 2015 8:33 pm
Subject: [Coco] Question from Facebook, 5 hours old


This question is 5 hours old, I expected an answer before this to be posted.

I
tried to find the device descriptor description to suggest an answer but failed
and I had to go
out.

SHF

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DriveWire gurus out
there... How can I modify a /xx device descriptor to make it access more
DriveWire drives. I want to make /x4 through /x9 device descriptors. I tried
using ded to modify a copy of the descriptor (nam and drv) and it loads fine but
locks up the machine when you try to access the drive. I also tried using dmode
to change the nam and drv options but that doesn't work either. Any
ideas?






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