aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) (05/05/90)
In article <9005050429.AA25989@apple.com> KJJY@MARISTB.BITNET ("Robert Rodriguez") writes: >I tried using Copy II Plus 7.3 to patch ProDOS exactly as described in >a previous append to the Info-Apple list, searching for the hex string >CA D0 04 C9 18 92, and changing the 18 to a 40. It found the string OK, >but after I made the change and ran the Copy II Plus FORMAT utility, >I tried to catalog the disk and it still showed 280 blocks on the disk, >instead of 320. The patch only changes prodos so it will read the extra blocks and not cop out with an i/o error. The reason copy2+ only formated a 280 block disk is simple, that's what it was designed to do. The format code is NOT part of prodos, it's part of the application. You'll either have to patch copy2+ or get a utility that can formet 40 track disks. If you have prosel, use cat doctor or utilities (depending on 8 or 16 version). The format code in there asks you how many tracks you want formated. Remember, an unmodified prodos will always give an i/o error when it tries to reference a high block number. This INCLUDES saving a file to an almost full disk! For those of you just now getting the search string, the above might be a little hard to find, try CA D0 04 C9 18 90 02 38 instead. When you find it, replace the $18 with a $40. -- ____ Y_,_|[]| Eric Mulholland {|_|_|__| aj0@sage.cc.purdue.edu //oo--OO ...!pur-ee!sage.cc!aj0