[Coco] Formatting DriveWire virtual disks and floppies.

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 1/14/19 11:01 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 14 January 2019 10:15:40 Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
>> On 1/14/19 10:05 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Monday 14 January 2019 06:48:38 Walter wrote:
>>>> Gettlemen (& any ladies).
>>>> I have done it.
>>>> The secret to formatting a DW floppy/disk is in an undocumented
>>>> option to format. You can provide the number of tracks (of 18
>>>> sectors) with the 'value option like so: Format /x1 '84
>>>> Will format a 1512 sector drive or 42tracks*2sides*18sectors.  But
>>>> you must provide DW a 387072 byte file to mount. I successfully
>>>> backed up my first 42track DS floppy to a DW virtual floppy! Walter
>>>
>>> Format has other options too and I am at a loss as to why they
>>> should have disappeared from the dox.
>>
>> Format has a lot of flaws and warts.
> 
> +100 at least.
> 
>> It really needs a new version
>> written.  I don't suppose there is any documentation anywhere on the
>> functional method of formatting that could be used?
> 
> Your next big project perhaps?

If I could find the needed info, I would gladly give it a shot.


bill