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

[Bob Devries]

Question to Vern:

If CC3Go is not in the boot, but as a file in the root of the hard drive, 
does it have its execute attributes set?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] partial OS9 boot from hard drive (back on topic)


> >Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:03:41 -0400
>>From: Vern Burke <vburke at skow.net>
>>
>> I'm simply asking for someone who has done this before or knows more
>>detail about the OS-9 boot process to either give me a brief rundown
>>on the steps in the boot process so I can understand where this is
>>going wrong or suggestions as to what it could be trying to load that
>>I'm not aware of that would cause the machine to crash.
>>
> I used to have an LR-Tech SASI system and now I have a Glenside IDE
> set up the same way you want to set yours up.  As far as I can tell,
> what you have *should* work.  If OS-9 likes your drive as /h0, it
> should be OK to have it as /dd.
>
> This may have already been addressed in this conversation, but maybe
> try putting cc3go back in os9boot?  I'm not sure where cc3go gets
> loaded from if it's not in the boot file.  But if you don't get beyond
> the OS9 BOOT screen, cc3go isn't running.
>
> You may be having BLOB problems.  I seem to have better luck
> organizing OS9Boot as <driver> <descriptor>....  than <descriptor>
> <driver>...
>
> You may also have slightly flakey hardware.  I've had a LOT of
> problems with aligning my HD controller cards, aligning the MPI, and
> the MPI power supply.  In fact, for awhile, the only way I could boot
> my hard drive was to turn the coco on, then immediately give it a
> 3-finger salute.  Then it would boot. Otherwise, something would fail,
> blink the hard drive's light once, and then I'd get the dreaded BOOT
> FAILED.
>
> Willard
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