[Coco] NitrOS-9 V03.02.00 Released

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 09 December 2003 21:15, Boisy Pitre wrote:
>On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:06 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Tuesday 09 December 2003 18:09, David wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 04:42:54PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 09 December 2003 14:46, Boisy Pitre wrote:
>>>>>> So where can I get a copy of that directory tree?  I think I
>>>>>> can read a 3.5" DD diskette here.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to email you the zip file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Boisy
>>>>
>>>> That won't do me any good Boisy, I have no workable method to
>>>> get it to the coco other than you sending it up on a 5.25 DSDD
>>>> or a 3.5 DD, formatted in regular os9 format.  Sorry.
>>>
>>> Gene, do you have fdutils for Linux?  That, coupled with Boisy's
>>> os9tools will allow you to copy files to a disk you have mounted.
>>>
>>> It seems that you don't even have to dd a .dsk image.  You can
>>> simply "os9 copy" a file straight onto that disk.
>>
>> That doesn't float either.  Error 214 in trying to write to a disk
>> that was just os9format'ed.
>>
>> --------------------
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9copy -help
>> Syntax: os9copy {[<opts>]} <srcfile> {[<...>]} <target> {[<opts>]}
>> Usage:  copy files
>> Options:
>>      -b=size    size of copy buffer in bytes or K-bytes
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9copy
>> ./nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk /dev/fd0
>> /root/bin/os9copy: error 214 creating
>> '/dev/fd0/nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk'
>
>Gene, you are using the wrong syntax.  It should be:
>os9 copy ./nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk /dev/fd0,
>
>The comma at the end is important.

Humm, reformatted it, then:

[root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9copy 
./nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk /dev/fd0,

(thats all one command line above, word wrap you know) returns 
instantly with no disk access being done and no error message.  
Again, splitting the os9 and the copy up with a space like you did:

[root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9format /dev/fd0
[root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9 copy 
./nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk /dev/fd0,
bash: /root/bin/os9: No such file or directory

???????????????

>> -----------------
>> So I rewrote them with dd again:
>> ----------------
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# dd if=nos96309l2v030200_ds40_1.dsk
>> of=/dev/fd0 663+0 records in
>> 663+0 records out
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9format /dev/fd0
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# dd if=nos96309l2v030200_ds40_2.dsk
>> of=/dev/fd0 313+1 records in
>> 313+1 records out
>> -------------
>> and then ran os9dcheck against the second disk. It munched along
>> for 10 seconds or so and segfaulted:
>> -------------------------
>> [root at coyote nos96309]# /root/bin/os9dcheck /dev/fd0
>> Volume - 'NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2 Disk 2' in file: (null)
>> $00B4 bytes in allocation map
>> 1 sector per cluster
>> $0005A0 total sectors on media
>> Sector $000002 is start of root directory file descriptor
>> Segmentation fault
>
>Strange.  I suspect dcheck read bogus data and freaked.

Yup, all zeros in an fd sector.

[...]

>Here's what I *think* you need:
>
>1. Possibly: A different floppy disk controller on your Linux box.
>Which, I cannot recommend.

Afaik, no one is selling after market fdc cards, except possibly the 
catweasel.  It formats/reads/writes anything you can dream up.  But 
bring a little red wagon full of money too.

>2. Almost positive: A 360K 5.25" floppy drive.  It sounds like
> you're doing this on a 720K or 1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive?  I haven't
> had much luck with the 1.44MB on my Linux box making 720K disks
> that are readable on a CoCo.
>
One thing I haven't tried yet is to format it on the coco and bring it 
back up for the copy op.  I'd be using a 5.25" drive but ATM I'm out 
of drive power connectors in there, only 2 sets of Y cables in there 
now.  But I did find another Y set in the basement just now.  The 
drive is good, works just fine on the coco.  ISTR the one time I had 
it hooked up, I could only format 512 byte sectors.

But first I'll format it as a 40 track ds dd on the coco and see if 
this shi, ah chipset can read it.

This is better than a stairmaster, I'm getting more exersize!

>At any rate, Mark can quote you shipping on the NitrOS-9 disks.  But
>ideally you want to make those disks yourself from the images since
>they are updated from time to time with new versions.

I haven't heard from Mark yet.

>Boisy

Food time, its been a longish day.

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