[geeks] OS-9 help request....

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Oh boy, its been 10 years.

Wasn't there a separate format for fixed disks? Like hdformat or something?

You also have to initialize a fixed disk, I seem to recall that OS9 has
fdisk.

What, may I ask, is this running on? I usually saw it on Motorola based VME
stuff.


~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: roosmcd at dds.nl [mailto:roosmcd at dds.nl]
~ Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:45 PM
~ To: geeks at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: [geeks] OS-9 help request....
~ 
~ 
~  Hello,
~ 
~   Has anyone had any experience with OS-9? Of course I mean 
~ the real OS-9, 
~ version 2.4 :). I'm trying to format a disk, doing it like this:
~ 
~ **********************************
~ 1.OS-9> inquire -i=0
~ vendor identification:"QUANTUM LPS1080S        
~ HPE0HP941019000000000000"
~ 1.OS-9> format -c=32 /h0fmt
~ 
~                 Disk Formatter
~ OS-9/68K V2.4   Philips CD-I - 68070
~ Syntax: format [<opts>] <devname> [<opts>]
~ Function: format disk media
~ Options:
~     -c=<num>   cluster size (1)
~     -dd        double density (floppy) disk
~     -ds        double sided (floppy) disk
~     -e         display elapsed verify time
~     -i=<num>   interleave offset value
~     -np        inhibit physical format
~     -nv        inhibit physical verify
~     -nf        inhibit fast mode verify
~     -r         ready (don't ask)
~     -sd        single density (floppy) disk
~     -ss        single sided (floppy) disk
~     -t=<num>   number of cylinders (tracks)
~     -v=<name>  volume name
~ format: can't open '/h0fmt' for writing
~ Error #000:246
~ **********************************
~ 
~  It should work, there's a script on my CD that works exactly 
~ the same. Only 
~ the script fails too.. I've tried changing disks, "format 
~ /d0" works on the 
~ floppy drive. Has anyone got an idea? Are there other people 
~ still working with 
~ OS9? All tips are welcome....
~ 
~   Michiel
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