[Coco] Floppy drive/OS9 issue

[Diego Barizo]

That's right. You need to load the correct device descriptor. If OS-9 
expects a single side drive, it won't read double sided disk, even if 
all the hardware is double sided.

Diego


Carey Eugene wrote:
> Andrew;
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>> I am at a point in the project where I am verifying/checking-out a bunch 
>> of OS-9 floppies. My main problem is that some of these disks are two 
>> sided, and OS-9 L2 is complaining when I stick them in my drive, with an 
>> error #249 "Wrong Type", which according to the manual may mean they are 
>> double sided (one of the floppies was marked as double sided, so I am 
>> assuming for now this is the problem). Other OS-9 floppies read OK.
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> Are you sure that the OS9 version you are using is set up for double sided 
> disks?
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> If I remember right, and I readily admit that I may not, OS9 has to be 
> explicitly told what kind of disk is expected in the floppy.  
> Carey
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