[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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