[Coco] Hard drive formatting

[George Ramsower]

On 9/7/2015 1:33 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> George, what kind of controller are you using and what OS? (OS9 or NitrOS9)
>
  This is a Ken-Ton interface. It has room for a ROM and that's it. I 
bought this new back in the eighties.

  The  hard disk is a Quantum, 1219 cyls, 2 heads, 49 sectors/track and 
512 bytes/sector.

  I seem to recall the last time I modified OS9 L2, I used a driver and 
descriptor utilizing 512 byte sectors but I could be wrong. However, I 
don't think so.
  I'm pretty sure I have everything backed up to this PC but right now, 
I'm waiting to hear back from Prolific re: this USB-DB9 converter. Once 
I get the connection between the Coco and this PC going, I can get those 
files I need transferred to that coco. In the meantime, I was checking 
on the formatting issue. It seems it's just a simple matter of just 
telling the driver the details of this HD, yes?

  OS9 L2 on a CC3 512k.

  Right now, the only disks I can find with a HD driver and descriptor 
are set to finish booting from the HD. So I need to build another floppy 
to boot totally from that floppy but, not until I get the communication 
going between this PC and that Coco. This PC is where everything is.
  In fact, I'm starting to think I'm going to have to send another HELP 
message to Prolific. I should have heard back by now.

George R.