> I use the system in my work OS-9 / 68K v2.4 on processor 680030. The
> system is loaded from the station of floppy disks /d0hd. I connected
> the disc HDD scsi. The system recognizes him as /h0, but the mistake
> returns me near the test of formatting: 000:255. Unfortunately, I do
> not have the tool DMODE which will let me alter the descriptor
> allowing to format this disc in this compilation. How I can format the
> disc HDD, without this tool? I know that walks about the resetting one
> bit in the module RBF. Which? Is it maybe the possible hand edition
> hex, the module RBF and renewed loading to the memory?

> On Mon, 19 May 2008 12:16:09 -0700, Jaroslaw.Pakiela wrote:

>> I use the system in my work OS-9 / 68K v2.4 on processor 680030. The
>> system is loaded from the station of floppy disks /d0hd. I connected
>> the disc HDD scsi. The system recognizes him as /h0, but the mistake
>> returns me near the test of formatting: 000:255. Unfortunately, I do
>> not have the tool DMODE which will let me alter the descriptor
>> allowing to format this disc in this compilation. How I can format the
>> disc HDD, without this tool? I know that walks about the resetting one
>> bit in the module RBF. Which? Is it maybe the possible hand edition
>> hex, the module RBF and renewed loading to the memory?

>
> Dmode isn't a standard utility for OSK 2.4, but moded is, so:
>
> - Save the hdd descriptor to disk (or make a copy of it).
>   You may find it in /dd/CMDS/BOOTOBJS. You may also find
>   a pre-made formattable descriptor because it it not usual
>   to include formattable descriptors in the bootfile but most
>   systems have one. ...

> On 20 Maj, 00:26, Martin Gregorie
> wrote:

>> On Mon, 19 May 2008 12:16:09 -0700, Jaroslaw.Pakiela wrote:

>>> I use the system in my work OS-9 / 68K v2.4 on processor...