[Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??

[Bill Pierce]

Chad, first, this disk cannot be backed up to ANY format of standard os9 disk (virtual or real). It is only meant to be used with DW. This is in spite of my many requests to make these dw3 disks available in a STANDARD 35 trk SS/DD as well as a 40 trk DS/DD and 80 trk DS/DD disk image, not "instead of" but "in addition to" their current format, so they can be backed up to a standard Coco disk (virtual or real) using standard "backup" cmds in rsdos or os9. 

2nd, I'm not sure, but I think the disks on Aaron's site were part of the bad batch before the repo was fixed as they are dated Jan 14, 2013 and the repo just recently got a remake... A typical case of someone not heeding their own "insistent" advice to "link" the repo downloads instead of "uploading" their own therefore providing the latest version   :-P
Try this link and get the equivalent disk image (same name) and try it again.

http://www.nitros9.org/latest/

I have personally checked most of these images and they boot properly ( at least the dw, becker, & std floppy).

Also, if you have any offsets set in hdbdos, you will need to set them to 0 to boot the disk directly from hdbdos.



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-----Original Message-----
From: Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Sep 28, 2013 11:25 am
Subject: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??


OK I found this .DSK image on the DriveWIre 4 Downloads page thought it
would be what I need on my CoCo2 to run NOS9 with DriveWire 4.  However I
haven't been able to get it to even boot yet.  I tried loading it into
DriveWire 4, Drive 0 and DOS into it.after "NitroOS9 Boot" it goes to
garbage.  Same thing when I DISKINI'd it real floppy.  Then I realized it's
a 433k image.  I tried writing it to a physical floppy as a double-sided
disk.  Now when I issue DOS command, I just get "OK" right back.  Can
someone tell me the specifics on this image as to  tracks/sides, etc and
whether its intended for "real" floppy use or loaded into DRiveWire?


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