[Coco] More on NitrOS9 and format

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 19 March 2018 00:26:56 Barry Nelson wrote:

> > Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > ><snip>
> > > Pretty much anything.  I have tried formating SCSI with the
> > > TC^3, IDE's with the Cloud9 Super IDE and lately 8" floppies.
> > >
> > > Nothing special.  I have tried DMODEing for the 8" or just leaving
> > > the parameters the way they are for a standard COCO floppy
> > > (which is much smaller).  Anytime I try this using Level2 it gets
> > > part way thru and then the screen starts going whacky and then
> > > the system freezes.  The whackiness of the screen makes me
> > > think something is writing its way thru memory and it continues
> > > until it hits something important and then system crashes.
> > >
> > > I have tried allocating additional memory and this usually causes
> > > format to get further along but in the end, always the same.
> > >
> > > I have tried two totally different COCO3's with the same results.
> > >
> > > bill
> >
> > Robert Gault wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Since I can run Format without problems both on hardware and
> > emulators, I still think there may be more than just the Format code
> > causing your problem. Please post the exact command sequence, the
> > Coco device (hardware/emulator), total memory, the type of drive and
> > disk size.
> >
> > That your use of the command fails while most if not all other users
> > have it work indicates there is some problem in addition to the
> > Format command.
> >
> > Robert
>
> When I see problems like this on a CoCo 3 one of the questions I ask
> is are you using a Multi-pak an has it been updated to work with a
> CoCo 3?
yes, and yes.



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