[Coco] NitrOS9 Boots

[John Donaldson]

Boisy,
   Found my problem. To make a 80T Boot DSK you have to

dmode /d1 dns=03 cyl=00a0 sid=01.

    Then running mb and it made a 80T boot DSK. The key was SID=01, if I 
left it as SID=02
the boot process failed.
    Now to include pritner and ramdisk and I'll be all set.


John Donaldson




Boisy Pitre wrote:


>John,

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>I believe what you want to do is: DMODE /D1 DNS=01 CYL=00A0.  DNS should

>not be set to $03, except in the case where you are using an 80 track

>5.25" drive to read 40 track 5.25" disks.

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>I'm guilty for perpetuating that fallacy based on an incorrect assumption

>that I had, namely that ANY 80 track device should have its IT.DNS bit 1

>set.  That is not the case.

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>Boisy

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>>   I am trying to create a new 80 track boot for my JC/JV Emulator but

>>having a problem. I used to be

>>able to make a new boot file, but for some reason they are failing now.

>>   I have not changed anything in the "standard.bl" file. I have it set

>>for REL_80.

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>>What I do is boot NitrOS9 using a good boot DSK.

>>I then dmode /D1 DNS=03 CYL=00A0,  to set it up as a 80 track drive.

>>I then go into the emulator F6, the L and select drive 1.

>>I then type in "NEWBOOT" and it creates a blank DSK

>>I then go into SCRIPTS and execute MB

>>It goes thru all the steps, Formating Drive, creating BOOTFILE,

>>installing BOOTFILE, and copying

>>   essiatial files.

>>Then when I try to boot "NEWBOOT" it starts then fails along the way.

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>>What am I doing wrong.

>>

>>John Donaldson

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