[Coco] make case sensitive?

[Aaron Wolfe]

That looks like the format/size used when images are intended for use
with DriveWire.
DriveWire allows dynamic expansion of the image file as needed, so the
file on disk can be much smaller than the RBF filesystem it contains
is.  Typically these images will be only as large as needed to contain
the actual data needed, regardless of the "size" that RBF reports.
They will only require the same storage space as the filesystem
contains when the filesystem actually contains data in every sector.


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Gene, there's one disk that's 4 meg!!
> I checked it and it's:
> Nitros96309L2030209coco3_cocosdc.dsk
> free /d0 says:
>
> Capacity: 18,432 sectors (1 sector clusters)
> 15,981 free sectors,largest block 15,981 secotrs
>
> Why is this disk so huge and so empty?
> I know the Sierra disks are being made large enough to hold all the game disks and save files, but this is just a nitros9 boot disk... There's nothing special on it. It's just the superdriver boot.
> I think there are a couple of others as well.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 14, 2013 9:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] make case sensitive?
>
>
> On Sunday 14 July 2013 09:07:22 Bob Devries did opine:
>
>> Aaron said:
>> > afaik, everything in *nix is case sensitive.  file paths and command
>> > arguments definitely are.
>>
>> So all Makefiles in the NitrOS9 tree should have a capital M? ==>
>> Makefile not makefile.
>>
>> If so, there a few that aren't, and maybe they are being ignored?
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> There are many "makefile"s, and because they are "included" what counts is
> the case in the parent makefile.  There could even be a rule that makes
> them equivalent in rules.mak.  I've note that, but since it worked, I
> haven't gone to the trouble of figuring out the exact mechanism.  But then
> I haven't a clue about your R-Pi setup either.
>
> WRT your comment about Sierra games, I do note that several of them are
> bigger than even a 720 coco compatible floppy and several are bigger than a
> 1.44 meg floppy, but when mounted to a dw server, that is not a
> consideration.  Max filesize for a dw served image is probably the 1 sector
> per cluster limit of just over 132 megs, so that would not be a concern.
>
> Perhaps the R-Pi could be your dw server?  Don't miss-lay it. :)
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