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

[Vern Burke]

Bob, it sure does. I made sure the attributes exactly match the floppy 
boot config that works.

Vern


Bob Devries wrote:
> 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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