[Coco] Fwd: Re: Using Toolshed

[Kevin Becker]

No, no! Why read when he can spam this mailing list with messages that are 90% html vomit claiming his messages are virus free (and also content free?)



> On Apr 24, 2020, at 10:46 PM, Ed Orbea <ed.orbea at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Phil:
> 
> 
> You need to read the Toolshed documentation!
> 
> The command line options are:
> 
> Syntax: format {[<opts>]} <disk> {[<...>]} {[<opts>]}
> Usage:  Create a disk image of a given size.
> Options:
>      -bsX = bytes per sector (default = 256)
>      -cX  = cluster size
>      -e   = format entire disk (make full sized image)
>      -k   = make OS-9/68K LSN0
>      -nX  = disk name
>      -q   = quiet; do not report format summary
>  Floppy Options:
>      -4   = 48 tpi (default)
>      -9   = 96 tpi
>      -sa  = sector allocation size (SAS)
>      -sd  = single density
>      -dd  = double density (default)
>      -ss  = single sided (default)
>      -ds  = double sided
>      -tX  = tracks (default = 35)
>      -stX = sectors per track (default = 18)
>      -dr  = format a Dragon disk
>  Hard Drive Options:
>      -lX  = number of logical sectors
> 
> So, your command line option SHOULD BE: os9 format -e -t80 -ds "Phil.dsk"
> 
> This will create a formatted, Double Sided, 80 Track floppy disk image with the file name of Phil.dsk
> 
> 
> 
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