[Coco] sdc issue

K. Pruitt pruittk at roadrunner.com
Wed Jul 1 19:17:02 EDT 2015


I'd re-do it just to see if that is an issue or not.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue


> could it be because the image wasn't made with the ,dsk on it
> I made the image with just the name music

>       From: Zippster
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
>
> Header problem in the .dsk image file?
>
> Josh, you could try copying one of the images that work with VCC to the 
> SDC,
> take it to the CoCo, init it from there and do your copy rather than 
> creating the
> image on the SDC.
>
> - Ed
>
>
>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I loaded a file of the disk image I made an it worked as well
>> justcant get my pc to recognize the file so vcc knows what it is
>> downloaded images from internet work fine and windows reconizes the file 
>> as dsk and then vcc works
>> From: Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Josh Harper via Coco wrote:
>>
>>> any ideas of what im doin wrong
>>> From: Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Cc: Josh Harper <allencoco at yahoo.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 2:47 PM
>>> Subject: [Coco] sdc issue
>>>
>>> what I have done
>>> drive 0,off
>>> drive 1, "music",new
>>> backup 0 to 1
>>> drive comes on and sdc starts flashing then I get a ok prompt
>>> then I type
>>> drive 1,unload
>>> then I take it to my pc
>>> folder shows
>>> music
>>> when I load vcc vcc doesn't see the image cause it doesn't have .dsk so
>>> I renamed it music.dsk
>>> then mounted it
>>> when I do a dir all I get is a ok prompt
>>> my windows has no clue what the file is
>>> thanks for any help
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't see anything wrong unless the floppy disk you copied had nothing 
>> on
>> it. What happens when you insert the floppy disk and enter:
>> DRIVE 0,OFF
>> DIR 0
>>
>> You could have avoided the problem of the missing .DSK extension by
>> providing it when created:
>> DRIVE 1,"MUSIC.DSK",NEW
>>
>> If there are indeed files on the floppy disk, do they show up on the SD
>> image after the Backup?
>> BACKUP 0 TO 1
>> DIR 1
>>
>>
>> - Darren
>>
>>
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