[Coco] Drivewire issues

[Chad H]

Out of curiosity I just booted my CoCo from the "DW3DOS_DSK.ROM" that boots straight into the NitrOS9 image in DriveWire slot 0 and tried accessing some drives for comparison...Here's my DriveWire 4 Server setup for NitrOS9 images and what is used to access them...

0 - TestBootMinimal.vhd   (Accesses as /DD)
1 - NOS6809master.vhd	(Accesses as /X1)
2 - datadisk.vhd		(Accesses as /X0)

None of these respond to /X0.  When I "DIR /X0" I get Error #221.

What is supposed to be on your /X0?

- Chad H
http://sites.google.com/site/cbhlab101/


-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Theodore (Alex) Evans
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 9:20 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire issues



On 11/22/2015 07:12 AM, Robert Gault wrote:
> Theodore (Alex) Evans wrote:
>> I recently moved and was finally able to get some of my CoCo stuff 
>> set back up.
>> I have a Cloud-9 SuperIDE and am trying to get started using Drivewire.
>> Unfortunately, I am having no luck.
>>
>> I have a server up and running, but any drivewire related command on 
>> my coco results in an error.  Any dw command returns 221 (module not 
>> found) reading from
>> X0 gives me 244 (read error) and formatting X0 gives me 245 (write 
>> error).  At this point I am pretty lost.  Any suggestions would be 
>> helpful.
>>
>
> Theodore,
>
> Are you using DW3 or DW4? Have you set Drivewire so that it expects to 
> talk to the correct Coco model? Have you programmed the SuperIDE with 
> a ROM that can talk to the correct Drivewire version?

I am running NitrOS9, so I would think the ROM was immaterial, but it is an HDB-DOS ROM that kicks off NitrOS9.  The Server is Drivewire 4. 
Drivewire is set up for a CoCo3.  And the machine itself is a 512k CoCo3.  For testing I don't have any peripherals connected other than the cassette cable (which I got from cloud-9 at the same time as the
SuperIDE) and a SuperIDE.

> At least tell us exactly what you have done and of what your system 
> consists.

I would think that even if I had done nothing other than boot up the CoCo into NitrOS9, I shouldn't be getting an error 221 from the dw command.

1) connect hardware - SuperIDE, Drivewire Cable, USB Serial Adapter.
2) Start Drivewire 4 server
3) Run wizard, configure for CoCo3
4) On the server command line type "dw disk create 0"
5) Start CoCo (autoboots into NitrOS9)
6) type "dw" on CoCo receive error 221
7) "format /x0"
get all the prompts for formatting then receive error 245
8) try "dir /x0" (expecting a type error) receive error 244

If I tell the format command to do a physical format, I see the server show a write and a number of reads to the disk image before I get the error 245

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