[Coco] NitrOS9 build errors

[Bob Devries]

Gene,

I was writing about the format command in the Toolshed OS9 package. AFAIK it 
knows nothing about descriptors, and creates its disk image according to 
command line options.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 build errors


> On Sunday 19 January 2014 19:49:48 Bob Devries did opine:
>
>> Hi Tormod,
>>
>> from a brief look at my build.log file, I'd say that the os9 format from
>> toolshed only knows about DS (double sided) and DD (double density)
>> disks. For example:
>>
>> os9 format -e -t80 -ds -dd -q
>
> You can just as easy tell it
> os9 format -e -t35 -ss -dd -q
> for a 35 track SS image.
>
>> nos96309l2v030209coco3.80d.dsk -n"NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2"
>>
>> It does not set the track density bit (can it even do so?)
>
> This may need investigating, it needs to do so if -t80 and its a 5.25"
> disk.  ISTR there is/was an option to do so.  However my machine is down
> ATM, so I can't check other than reading the format.asm code.  As I am not
> able to do that well till my machine is running again, I'll pass on making
> a SWAG.
>
> I would much rather we fix the descriptor makers to do that correctly, AND
> then let format get the disks format from the descriptor, which it can do
> just fine.
>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tormod Volden" <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 9:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 build errors
>>
>> > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Bob Devries wrote:
>> >> Hi Tormod.
>> >>
>> >> One remaining small (trivial?) issue I have is with the index.html
>> >> file which is created in the DSKS directory, in which 80 track
>> >> double-sided disks
>> >> are listed as 48TPI. They should be either 96TPI or 135TPI IMHO.
>> >
>> > Hi Bob, the format string is generated with "os9 id" from Toolshed.
>> > The documentation says it "is intended for RBF disk images only" and
>> > "displays information about an image from the identification sector
>> > (LSN 0)". From the code it seems that the disk image format byte only
>> > has one bit for 48/96 PI, one bit for DD/SD, and one bit for DS/SS.
>> >
>> > The index.html is created by 3rdparty/utils/aaw/mkdskindex based on
>> > the "os9 id" output, so maybe it has to look at the "Total sector
>> > size" as well and adjust the format string? What would be the most
>> > helpful format string? TPI or capacity in KB?
>> >
>> > Tormod
>> >
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