[Coco] CocoSDC + floppy drives

[Bob Devries]

Hi Bill.

I did that so I can mostly leave the os9boot files isolated from my 
various work files.
Also, at first I had a lot of trouble with creating a suitable os9boot 
file, and I didn't want to chance clobbering the files. This way, I can 
also copy any newer images over the top of the existing partition 
without losing anything.

Apart from that....

I did it because I can :P

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 9/01/2015 12:54 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
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> Bob, why a seperate boot section? (just curious)
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> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>; CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 9:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoSDC + floppy drives
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> My partitions consist of:
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> 1. (boot part) 18432 sectors (4608 MB)
> 2. (User part) 503808 sectors (125.952 MB)
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> I used Windows programme called HXD to manipulate the partitions. I
> created a descriptor called SDA which has ofs set to 4800.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
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> On 9/01/2015 12:16 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
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>> Allen, if you downloaded the disk images from the "nightly builds" then you
> still have the old sdc driver. These builds have not been updated with the new
> fixes. To get the new drivers, you must build the repo yourself, or get a copy
> from someone who can.
>> Actually, I running a build at this very moment and would be glad to send you
> a zip of the "latest build".
>> Just give me a while to let if finish up.
>>
>>
>> Bill Pierce
>> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>>
>>
>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 9:07 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoSDC + floppy drives
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>>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:14 AM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A new SDC Driver and Boot Module were uploaded to the NitrOS-9 repository a
>>> couple of weeks ago. The nightly build disk images have not yet been
>>> updated to include these changes.
>>>
>>> The Init routine in the new driver now scans the MPI slots looking for a
>>> *real* floppy controller. If it finds one then it makes that the active
>>> slot so that /d0,  /d1, etc will access real floppy drives.
>>>
>>> The slot containing the CoCo SDC is now activated only during I/O calls for
>>> /sd0 or /sd1.
>>
>> I just downloaded the NitrOS-9 disk images to try them out. The standard image
>> boots so fast, and looking at it, I can see OS-9 has evolved quite a bit since
> I
>> last ran it. Lots of submodules and such that didn't used to be there.
>>
>> The _cocosdc boot also boots and I see it has RbSuper and llcocosdc for the
>> drivers.
>>
>> How do I manipulate disk images from OS-9?
>>
>> And how do I access the physical drives? /d0 and /sd0 are both the image I
>> mounted and booted from.
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>> But wow. So fast.
>>
>> 		-- Allen
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