At 02:28 26.08.2002 -0800, you wrote: >I see it. In linux, you can remount your floppy as a different format, so >you spend 3 hours working out the format, and two minutes writing the disk. > >I am surprised you don't handle the 1722kb format (83 tracks, 21 >sectors/track from memory). At any rate, what interests me is this. If I >come to it with files, can I assemble a directory, or do you need an image to >write a floppy?
Catweasel provides reading and writing of sectors. Filesystems are a different piece of software, usually not provided by the Catweasel drivers. Only common non-standard filesystems like C64 and Amiga are implemented in the Catweasel drivers. An API for writing your own filesystems will be available with the new drivers on all platforms (all Win versions, Linux, BSD, QNX, there's lots of stuff in the works). >I have an image on disk here of the 800k format I mentioned, but no clue as >to the directory structure. ..then Catweasel will only help you reading and writing the image (which may not be more than a standard controller can offer, depending on the physical structure of the disk). You've got to know at least the name of the filesystem to check whether somebody has already implemented it in Linux or NetBSD. If not - find the documentation and make somebody write a filesystem :-) ciao, -- Jens Sch�nfeld -- Author: Jens =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch�nfeld? INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
