[Coco] sdc issue

K. Pruitt pruittk at roadrunner.com
Wed Jul 1 19:21:11 EDT 2015


Also, if you're backing up to a drivewire drive (2 or 3 on the SDC pointing 
at a drivewire slot), make sure to export the image file from the slot 
you're writing to to make sure it is properly saved.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue


> I'd re-do it just to see if that is an issue or not.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 4:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
>
>
>> could it be because the image wasn't made with the ,dsk on it
>> I made the image with just the name music
>
>>       From: Zippster
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 5:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
>>
>> Header problem in the .dsk image file?
>>
>> Josh, you could try copying one of the images that work with VCC to the 
>> SDC,
>> take it to the CoCo, init it from there and do your copy rather than 
>> creating the
>> image on the SDC.
>>
>> - Ed
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I loaded a file of the disk image I made an it worked as well
>>> justcant get my pc to recognize the file so vcc knows what it is
>>> downloaded images from internet work fine and windows reconizes the file 
>>> as dsk and then vcc works
>>> From: Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:38 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Josh Harper via Coco wrote:
>>>
>>>> any ideas of what im doin wrong
>>>> From: Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Cc: Josh Harper <allencoco at yahoo.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 2:47 PM
>>>> Subject: [Coco] sdc issue
>>>>
>>>> what I have done
>>>> drive 0,off
>>>> drive 1, "music",new
>>>> backup 0 to 1
>>>> drive comes on and sdc starts flashing then I get a ok prompt
>>>> then I type
>>>> drive 1,unload
>>>> then I take it to my pc
>>>> folder shows
>>>> music
>>>> when I load vcc vcc doesn't see the image cause it doesn't have .dsk so
>>>> I renamed it music.dsk
>>>> then mounted it
>>>> when I do a dir all I get is a ok prompt
>>>> my windows has no clue what the file is
>>>> thanks for any help
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't see anything wrong unless the floppy disk you copied had nothing 
>>> on
>>> it. What happens when you insert the floppy disk and enter:
>>> DRIVE 0,OFF
>>> DIR 0
>>>
>>> You could have avoided the problem of the missing .DSK extension by
>>> providing it when created:
>>> DRIVE 1,"MUSIC.DSK",NEW
>>>
>>> If there are indeed files on the floppy disk, do they show up on the SD
>>> image after the Backup?
>>> BACKUP 0 TO 1
>>> DIR 1
>>>
>>>
>>> - Darren
>>>
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