[Coco] OS-9 128MB max hard drive - /sd1

[Bob Devries]

That's a bit odd. I used the standard NitrOS9 format command when I 
created my "partition", so that part certainly works. Error 208 is 
illegal service request, which would only happen if the driver has 
changed the rules, so to speak.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 22/01/2015 1:37 PM, K. Pruitt wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Huffman" <alsplace at pobox.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 7:01 PM
> Subject: [Coco] OS-9 128MB max hard drive - /sd1
>
>
>> If I boot in to SDC-DOS, and mount the CoCo SDC NItrOS-9 boot disk in
>> DRIVE 0, and make a blank disk for DRIVE 1:
>>
>> DRIVE 0,"COCOSDC.NEW"
>> DRIVE 1,"NEWDISK.DSK",NEW
>>
>> Stop me when I get something wrong:
>>
>> When I boot, I should be able to format /sd1 and use it under OS-9.
>>
>> I get ERROR #208 (Illegal Service Request) when I try to format it,
>> though.
>>
>> I wanted to dmode /sd1 to a 128MB max size, then format it and start
>> using it to copy things to. Bob Devries showed me a partition
>> approach, which I may try, assuming tools like "os9" can access files
>> on a partitioned image...
>>
>> -- Allen
>>
>
> Yeah, I posted about this earlier.  The format command no longer works
> with the sdc.
>
>