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Re: How can I do this?

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 9:53:55 PM UTC-6, D Finnigan wrote:
> Michael Hardy wrote:
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> > Hi how can I label a blank Dos 3.3 DSK?
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> > for example I'm using AppleWin for Apple //e
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> > I want to label my disk instead of Disk Label 254
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> > I want to change the label.
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> > 
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> It's referred to as the volume number, and you can specify the volume number
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> when using the INIT command, like so:
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> INIT HELLO, S6, D1, V50
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> This will initialize the disk in drive 1 of slot 6 to be volume number 50,
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> and will save the current BASIC program in memory as HELLO on the disk.
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This won't really work with .dsk images though. The volume number is contained in an area of the format that isn't preserved/used by .dsk images.  (This is why some programs don't work in things like AppleWin as .dsk images, since they depend on the volume number.)

If a different volume number is absolutely needed, then either a .2mg format or .nib format has to be used.

]HR