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

Chad H chadbh74 at hotmail.com
Sat Sep 28 12:26:23 EDT 2013


Well I tried the other link and got the same thing...
http://www.mediafire.com/download/upw1g5462sk9edw/NitrOS9-DW4_problem.wmv

Any ideas?

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From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??

No
 On Sep 28, 2013 12:13 PM, "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any settings that need to be set in DriveWire 4 since this is 
> not the typical 168k image?
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:10 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire 4: nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk format??
>
> All of the disks on the DriveWire 4 page are intended for use with 
> DriveWire 4.
> To use them, you insert them into a DW4 drive using the DW4 software.
> Do not write them to a physical floppy of any kind.
>
> If the disk does not boot properly when inserted in DriveWire disk 0, 
> we may have a bad disk image on the page, or your system may be having 
> some trouble.
>
> I do not have a coco 2, so cannot guess which might be happening.
>
> Anybody here using a coco 2 and can test the disk image in question?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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