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Re: Merlin 2.58 Assembler - saving to blank disk?

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On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 7:02:50 PM UTC-7, jamesiw...@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been trying to save an object file to a blank disk with Merlin Assembler, and nothing that I have tried seems to work.
> 
> I have tried putting the DSK command at the beginning of my assembly language program:
> 
>          DSK       FILENAME
> 
> and then type ASM at the assembly prompt (after quitting my program with Alt-Q (Open Apple-Q))
> 
> I have tried save:
> 
>          SAV       FILENAME[S6,D2]
> 
> with a blank disk in drive 2,
> and then typing ASM at the prompt
> 
> I have tried doing the above options, and then going back to the menu, and put a blank disk in drive 1 (for the former) or a blank disk in drive 2, but Sometimes I get "VOLUME FULL" sometimes I get "VOLUME NOT FOUND".. I have tried using the 2nd Merlin disk to do this and sometimes nothing happens, as if there is success, but no matter which method I try, if I load up ProDOS and then put the disk in drive 1 and type "CATALOG" the object file does not appear anywhere.
> 
> Would someone tell me the steps to save an object file, and also a source file, to a disk OTHER than the Merlin Assembler disk?

I use a newer Merlin 3.51 on the GS, but IIRC, the obj-save syntax is the same. 

Your DSK & SAV pseudo-ops look correct. I use them all the time on my programs with no problem (SAV for small obj, DSK for large obj).

I did a quick test:

 dsk /ram5/dsksave
 org $300
 lda #"H"
 jmp $fded

assembling results in a 5 byte obj file: /ram5/dsksave

Then I tried:

 org $300
 lda #"H"
 jmp $fded

 sav /ram5/objsave

assembled and got a write confirmation msg at the end of the asm listing:

Object saved as /ram5/objsave,A$0300,L$0005,BIN

A catalog of /ram5 shows both BIN files on the volume.

I'm not sure why you are getting the VOLUME FULL error messages when Merlin tries to save. I would try using a full prodos path, make sure your destination disk is named uniquely (you might be getting a volume name conflict), and reformat your blank disk to make sure the directory structure is not damaged (and is empty).

Hope that helps,
-JB
@JBrooksBSI

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