[Coco] Toolshed help

[Mike Rowen]

Using "os9 format -t40 -ds -e 40ds.dsk" creates the correct sized disk. I
was not specifying the double sided option. So this creates a disk that is
equivalent in size and format to my floppy. When I specify a filename in DW3
to create a new disk, the 0 size file is created. When I format this disk
with "format /x1", it creates a 4MB image (18,432 sectors, 1024 cylinders).

I tried doing a backup from /d0 to /x1 using the image I created with the
os9 command. About 3/4 of the way through it starts to generate #247 errors
when it hits sector $05A0 and above. I have no trouble backing up /d0 to /d1
though.

-Mike

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Lothan <lothan at newsguy.com> wrote:

> When I use this command, it creates a 40-track single-sided disk image
> that's 2,816 bytes -- small because the image hasn't been fully populated. I
> just ran these two commands and the image sizes seem to be about right for
> 40-track single-sided and 40-track double-sided disk images:
>
> Creates and fully formats a 40-track single-sided disk image -- 184,320
> bytes
> os9 format -t40 -ss -e 40ss.dsk
>
> Creates and fully formats a 40-track double-sided disk image -- 368,640
> bytes
> os9 format -t40 -ds -e 40ds.dsk
>
> What size image file are you expecting?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Mike Rowen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:21 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Toolshed help
>
>
> I want to copy /d0 to /x1 via drivewire 3. However, I can't seem to create
> a
> /x1 image with the same format as /d0.
>
> I've been creating my dsk file using the os9 command that is part of
> toolshed:
>
> os9 format -4 -t40 mydisk.dsk
>
> However this appears to be larger than a normal floppy. What am I missing
> here?
>
> Thanks,
> -Mike
>
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