[Coco] partial OS9 boot from hard drive (back on topic)

[Robert Gault]

Vern,

Could you email me copies of your cc3go, init, and dd as set for a hard 
drive boot? I'd like to take a look at them with dEd.

By the way, is there a startup file on the hard drive? If there is, try 
renaming it to something else and retest the hard drive boot.

Vern Burke wrote:

> Ok, I think this has gotten complicated enough to confuse what I've 

> tried, here's a synopsis of what has worked, what hasn't, and what I've 

> done:

> 

> Initial configuration that works:

> 

> /dd is the floppy descriptor, /h0 is the hard drive descriptor. Init and 

> cc3go are patched to change references to /d0 to /dd. Cc3go is in the 

> floppy root, shell and grfdrv are in the floppy cmds. This boot works 

> and finishes up with working directory set to /dd and execution set to 

> /dd/cmds.

> 

> What doesn't work:

> 

> Start with above configuration. Edit with ezgen, rename /dd descriptor 

> (floppy) to /fd. Rename /h0 descriptor to /dd. End result is that /dd is 

> now the hard drive. Copy cc3go from the floppy root to the hard drive 

> root, copy shell and grfdrv from floppy cmds to hard drive cmds. When 

> this configuration is booted, it gets to OS9 BOOT, accesses the hard 

> drive, then crashes the machine with garbled display.

> 

> The os9boot ident I gave you is the config that DOESN'T work, /dd in 

> that list points to the hard drive.

> 

> Vern

> 

> 

> Robert Gault wrote:

> 

>> If true, it is a problem. The floppy /dd will point to cc3disk while a 

>> hard drive /dd will point to TCC512 (in your case.) As has been said, 

>> take /H0 (with I don't see in your os9boot list) and change it to /dd. 

>> Then replace the floppy /dd with the new hard drive /dd.

>>

>> What does hd and fd stand for in your os9boot list? If hd is the 

>> equivalent of dd for a hard drive and fd is the equivalent of dd for a 

>> floppy, then you will need to change cc3go and init to point to hd and 

>> not dd.

>>

>> Vern Burke wrote:

>>

>>> Robert:

>>>    These are the exact same descriptors that work fine with /dd as 

>>> the floppy. I changed the names by doing a rename with ezgen.

>>>

>>> Vern

>>> <snip> 

>>

>>

>>

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