On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:38:06 +0100 "Aley Keprt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, and does it mean that I can have SAMDOS at arbitrary directory slot as > long as its body occupies tracks 4 and 5? If you say that ROM loads directly > track 4... :-)
The SAM ROM only loads the sector at track 4, sector 1 > Of course, it's >technically< impossible to create this kind of disk is with > a standard SAVE command on Sam, because SAMDOS always store files at the > lowest free tracks. (So I can't have track 4 free, and directory slot #01 > used alredy.) But I could possibly create it manually in Sam basic. What > about creating an empty disk, make it bootable (save samdos to it), then > read track 0 sector 1, copy first 256 bytes to the other 256 bytes, save > back that sector, and delete original DOS file. Now there is a samdos image > in directory slot #02, and the disk is still bootable and fully correct. Am > I correct? :-) No. The ROM does not have a concept of directory or files. Just that one sector. > Will it work? No. But you could put the rest of the DOS anywhere you like on the disc. Cookie did that to "good" effect in MaxiDOS/QDOS where he put the DOS on tracks 80-82. -Frode -- ^ Frode Tennebø | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ | Ericsson AS | Isebakkeveien 49 | | N-1788 Halden | Phone: +47 45 24 99 39 | | with Standard.Disclaimer; use Standard.Disclaimer; |
