[Coco] OS9Boot position, what?

Paul T. Barton idezilla at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 11 14:39:29 EDT 2004


Robert,

--- Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
wrote:


> Paul T. Barton wrote:

> > I've noticed that: doing a

> > BUtil -i /d1 gives, for instance:

> > Boot start LSN = 95 ($5F).

> > Boot size = 28413 ($6EFD).

> >

> > Then doing a:

> > dir -e /d1 gives:

> > blah blah Sector File Size FIleName

> > -----------------------------------

> > ..........5E.....6EFD......OS9Boot

> >

> > There's always '+1' in BUtil of os9boot's

> > location, what gives?

> >

> > Paul T Barton

> >

> Where and what is butil ?


Where --- who knows? I think I got it from RTSI
--- before changes were made there.

I have it.
I'll look around for the lzh version.
---

BUtil:
Usage: butil -(options) [<offset>] <pathlist>

Purpose: To update or report LSN0 boot
information.

Options: b = Links <pathlist> as boot file.
i = Report boot information from LSN0
of <pathlist>.
o = Set cylinder <offset> in LSN0
of <pathlist>.

Examples: butil -b /dd/bootfiles/newboot
Links BOOTFILES/newboot as the /DD
device's boot file.
butil -ib newboot
Links newboot in the current data
directory as the boot file, then
reports the LSN0 boot information.
butil -i /h0
Reports the boot information from
LSN0 of the /H0 device.
butil -o 1 /h00
Sets the cylinder offset to
(decimal) 1 in LSN0 of the /H00
hard drive boot partition.
---
That's what it reports to "butil -?".

Paul






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