[Coco] cocosdc info

[Steve Ostrom]

Am I wrong in assuming that RSDOS or HDBDOS does not care if the disk is 
BASIC or OS9 when doing a disk copy?  Maybe the number of tracks used is an 
issue, but I thought that the way data is stored is the same.  IIRC the 
directory is located in a different place, but if the copy routine is just 
doing a sector or track copy, there should be no differences.

--- Steve ---


-----Original Message----- 
From: K. Pruitt
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 5:51 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] cocosdc info

Oh sorry, Josh. I thought we were talking about OS-9 disks.

Never mind.  Hehe.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] cocosdc info


>I do thanks you so much
> but I don't currently have drive wire for my coco 3 I don't have nitros I 
> don't know much about os9 or nitrosthanks tho
>  From: K. Pruitt >
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] cocosdc info
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 2:58 PM
> Subject: [Coco] cocosdc info
>
>
>> hi guys
>> when making disk images for os9 disk with the cocosdc do u do it the same
>> as any other disk image
>>
>> when copying mass amounts of real disk what easiest way to do sowhat 
>> steps
>> do I need to do I have 700 or more disk to copy
>> I was told that I can use black dsk images as many as I want do I need to
>> mount each one befor I can copy to it
>> thanks
>>
>> -- 
>
> Here is one way, which will allow to you backup floppies from your 
> physical
> drives to your PC using drivewire.
>
> Boot in to NitrOS9-S9 with drivewire support.
>
> Empty slot 1 of the drivewire disk slots as we're going to be using it in
> this example:
>
> 1. Create a new disk in drivewire slot 1 which is device /x1 by typing:
>
> dw disk create 1 E:\COCO\DISKNAME.DSK
>
> Change the path and DISKNAME.DSK to where ever you want the disk to be
> saved and to whatever you want it to be called.
>
> 2. Set /x1 to your drive type.
>
> Here are the setting for a single-sided 40 track drive:
>
> dmode /x1 typ=20 dns=01 cyl=0028 sid=01 sct=0012 t0s=0012 ilv=03
>
> 3. Format your new disk:
>
> Format /x1
>
> 4. Backup drive # to drive /x1
>
> Assuming physical drive 0:
>
> backup /d0 to /x1
>
> 5. Write your new disk image to your PC:
>
> dw disk write 1
>
>
> Hopefully I got that right.
>
>
> -- 


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