[Coco] Formatting DriveWire virtual disks and floppies.

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 14 January 2019 13:37:54 Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> 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.
>
Do you have the level 2 dox? That would be a good place to start.


Thanks bill.


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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