[Coco] Formatting HD floppies w/ modified controller.

[Robert Gault]

Paul,

Which version of NitrOS-9 are you using? The CRCs for rb1773 and format 
don't match what I get for the 6309 Level II v3.02.05. I get
rb1773
size $55D
CRC $6EDD2E

format
size $1027
CRC $5A5B33

Paul T. Barton wrote:
> Boisy,
> 
> --- "Boisy G. Pitre" <boisy at boisypitre.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Oct 6, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Paul T. Barton
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Well, I have been trying to format any
>>>3.5 inch floppies as /D2 and as high-
>>>density (let's say 1.31mb). Using rb1773,
>>>etc. only let me get as far as 1 or two
>>>tracks (watching the LED's) and then quitting
>>>displaying "Unit Busy Error" or some such
>>>thing. I could read older HD floppies
>>>but not format a new one.
>>>
>>>I got an older hard-drive, off-loaded
>>>CC3Disk (the patched one for 512 byte
>>>sectors) matching device descriptors,
>>>/D0, /D1 and /D2 (this one is HD). Also,
>>>Clock, the older one (soft).
>>
>>Paul,
>>
>>We have been having issues with formatting
>>floppies under  
>>NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2.  Some systems, like
>>mine, exhibit no problems,  
>>while other systems crash or error out during
>>the initial part of the  
>>format.
>>
>>Could you do this?  Could you only exchange
>>CC3Disk and leave the  
>>clock intact?  This would point definitively to
>>rb1773 being the  
>>issue.  Please report your findings.
>>
>>
>>>Made another boot floppy using these
>>>different drivers/descriptors and
>>>VIOLA! I can now format HD floppies.
>>>
>>>Hmmm, is there a problem here?
>>>[Running v325 NitrOS-9
>>>[w/ CC3Disk and Clock]
>>>
>>>Paul - idezilla
>>>idezilla- at -gmail-.-com, too.
> 
> 
> Boisy,
> 
> I built another boot floppy with old
> CC3Disk and current clock_soft+clock2.
> Formats double-datarate just fine.
> I get 1.31mb from a 3.5" floppy.
> sct=20, sid=2,cyl=50 (hex of course).
> 
> [I changed the '.' to '*' to make]
> [sure that it's booting from the floppy.]
> [Cute trick to ID the boot source.]
> 
> I tried my standard boot where rb1773
> (ident=$95F249) and clock_soft+clock2
> are standard. When trying to format
> HD (ie double-datarate) it gives 
> error #250, busy something.
> 
> I'm using format where ident=$AC701D.
> 
> Please holler back during hours here that
> I can test more (if you want). When I
> go home, I don't have this setup available
> for testing.
> Right now it's ~8:03 AM PDT.
> 
> Paul - idezilla
> 
> 
> 
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