1571 formating double side and writing d71 image

[DerSchatten]

I use the following command to format a 1571 disk with ZoomFloppy:

 

Switch Floppy to double-side-mode
cbmctrl pcommand 8 "u0>m1"

formating disk
cbmctrl pcommand 8 "n:disk,00"

 

but now i would like to write a d71 Image back to this disk.

What is the right way?

 

Must be back to single-sided mode and then write the Image with d64copy?

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

* On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 02:05:31AM -0800 DerSchatten wrote:
 
> but now i would like to write a d71 Image back to this disk.
> What is the right way?
>  
> Must be back to single-sided mode and then write the Image with d64copy?

No.

d64copy -2 file.d71 8

will write file.d71 to the 1571 drive with device number 8.

Note that "-2" (or, alternatively, "--two-sided") command-line switch.

You do not need to change to mode, though. d64copy will do it on its
own. (More precisely, it writes the disk with own routines, and it does
not care about the mode of the 1571 drive.)

HTH,
Spiro.

--
Spiro R. Trikaliotis
http://www.trikaliotis.net/

[DerSchatten]

Thanks!

 

there is also a simple formatting routine for 1571 double side?

or is the cbmctrl pcommand the only possibility?

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

hello,

* On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 04:15:52AM -0800 DerSchatten wrote:
 
> there is also a simple formatting routine for 1571 double side?
> or is the cbmctrl pcommand the only possibility?

While it would be possible to extend cbmformat/cbmforng to also handle
1571 disks, it does not have high priority. The reason for this is that
the 157x already format disk rather quickly. There would be some speed
gain, but the gain in the 1541 is by far bigger than that.

Regards,