[Coco] Having problems formatting 720K floppys

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Mar 26, 2005, at 11:37 PM, Shawn M. Hedgecorth wrote:

> That leads me to a few more questions. First, is there any potential 
> problem
> with using the 03.02.01 drivers/descriptors with the 03.02.04 release?

No.  In this case it was necessary, and I think you can continue 
running that way until the next NitrOS-9 release.

> Second, what is the functional difference between these versions or 
> where
> can I find this information?

It should be in the "ChangeLog" file that is part of the ZIP file when 
you download the latest NitrOS-9.  If you can't find it, let me know 
and I'll email it to you personally.


>  Third, why is the track density important for
> 3.5" drives? I understand the importance on 5.25" drives, because 
> there are
> 40 and 80 track drives, and setting the density to 96 tpi on 80 track 
> drives
> allows you to read 40 track disks by double stepping the head for each
> track. I was under the impression that all 3.5" drives were 135 tpi 
> though.

This was a misunderstanding on my part.  We had a discussion about this 
very topic in the NitrOS-9 list, I got educated about the density 
settings, and have since fixed it.  This problem will be resolved in 
the next release.

> Thanks for any insight you may have.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
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> Behalf Of Boisy G. Pitre
> Sent: Mar. 25, 2005 8:05
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Having problems formatting 720K floppys
>
>
> Shawn,
>
> The 3.5" descriptors were built incorrectly for the V03.02.04 release
> of NitrOS-9.  Try putting these commands in your startup:
>
> dmode /d0 dns=1
> dmode /dd dns=1
>
> That should clear up the problem.
>
>
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