Re: [ql-users] Gold card disk formatting

[Robert Newson]

> I can direct sector copy from one drive to other (easy enuff to write a
> program to do it in pseudo-basic/mc), but even after doing that, when trying
> to write to the disk, even when it reads the data correctly off the disk,
> trying to write, it splats in the wrong place (I think...will have to check
> this by format, sector-copy, write some files, change drive, write some
> different files, see what first drive gives/makes of it).

Having now checked this, it seems to be using the slave memory copies, so each
drive has its own idea of what's actually on the disk!  Gobbling up the memory
(formatting fixed size ram disks), ensures it has to use the disk copy.  Now
it crashes the GC when trying to DIR FLPn_!

help