[Coco] MM/1 question

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 06 November 2003 23:09, Bob Devries wrote:
>Gene Heskett said:
>> >Booting from non-contigous bootfile
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> this may be its downfall.  Unforch, I do not know enough about the
>> os9 for the mm1 to know if it can boot from a non-contiguous
>> bootfile.
>
>Nope, the other drive boots fine from a (1) extended (>64K)
> bootfile, and (2) a fragmented bootfile.
>LSN0 points to the FD on the OS-9/68K systems, not the file itself.
>
>> I suppose the file could be moved inward to a location that would
>> allow it to be contiguous, and LSN0 then edited to reflect the new
>> location.  This might work if that os9 is similar enough to level
>> one or two.
>
>Actually, as it happens, the file IS contigous.
>
Then how come the bootloader said it wasn't?  Odd, at least...

>Regards, Bob Devries; Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

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