[Coco] Re: Help with ms-dos DSKINI please

[Stephen Blunt]

Charlie,

There are 2 ways. You can either use the imgtool tool that is provided with
MESS. It is not the most intuitive program and may not make double sided
disks. The easiest way is to:

Start MESS
Start the desired system eg coco3
Goto the Devices menu
Select one of the floppy drives
Select Create
You can specify exactly what type and size of disk image.

Stephen Blunt

> 
> Thanks Robert. I just started using M.E.S.S. Could you help 
> explain how to get Mess to use 360K drives so I can make a 
> T40D image? I think I'm using the default single sided drive setup.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 
> > Charlie wrote:
> > > Here I am, again, asking for help ........
> > >
> > > I have a dsk file of Liesure Suit Larry for the COCO3. It is a 40 
> > > track double sided DSK file. I used DSKINI under MS-DOS 
> to make it a 
> > > real COCO floppy. I have done
> this
> > > many times in the past with other dsk files and have not had a 
> > > problem. Including the Nitros9 release disks that are T40-Double 
> > > sided.
> > >
> > > The lsl dsk gives me an error writing track 11 if I choose ignore 
> > > the
> disk
> > > finishes and in the COCO it works except for the file 
> vol.1 that I 
> > > would have to guess sits on the disk where the error is. OS9 
> > > complains Error
> 247
> > > seek error.
> > >
> > > Here is a link to the file: http://69.3.33.239:8081/files/lsl.dsk
> > >
> > > Also, a link to the DSKINI I'm using: 
> > > http://69.3.33.239:8081/files/dskini.zip
> > >
> > > I am hoping some other ms-dos DSKINI users can try to 
> make this dsk 
> > > file
> to
> > > a COCO floppy and let me know if they get the same error 
> that I am. 
> > > The command line I'm using is: dskini /T40 /D B: lsl.dsk
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > There is a problem with the lsl.dsk file but it is usable. 
> The image 
> > seems to actually be a single sided disk but lsn0 indicates 
> the disk 
> > is double sided. It can be read in MESS if lsn0 byte $10 is changed 
> > from $03 to $02.
> >
> > The image does have a problem with track 11 when using 
> dskini.exe. My 
> > suggestion would be to use MESS to create a blank t40 d os9 
> disk and 
> > dsave the files form the lsl.dsk to the new one. Then dskini.exe 
> > should work.