[Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build
Robert Gault
robert.gault at att.net
Sat Jan 25 09:38:21 EST 2014
Bob Devries wrote:
> Well, I got it to work, but I fail to understand why.
>
> I changed offset $10 (DD.FMT) in LSN 0 from $07 to $03, and it boots correctly.
>
> That change makes the disk a 48TPI instead of 96TPI.
>
> Why does the TPI setting have *any* effect on the operation especially in an
> emulator. *something's* not right here.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
Strange, I just looked at the repository and don't see why the DD.FMT should be
96tpi. Rules.mak defines 80-track disk as follows.
OS9FORMAT_DS80 = os9 format -e -t80 -ds -dd
Unless lwtools has changed I don't see why DD.FMT changed on your disks.
Robert
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