[Coco] NOS9 mb script

Chester A Patterson vchester at setec-cr.com
Wed Nov 1 08:58:12 EST 2006


This is my startup. Pretty simple. But from TERM_32 it freezes at the
wcreate. Judging from the HD noises (it makes PLENTY of noises that I've
learned to interpret and love), the three /w get created, but then the
freeze. This same startup has no problems at all from a TERM_80

Link shell
Setime <1
Date t
Load utilpak1
Montype r
Wcreate -z
/w1 -s=2 0 0 80 24 5 2 2
/w2 -s=2 0 0 80 24 6 2 2
/w3 -s=2 0 0 80 24 7 2 2

Shell i=/w1& 
Shell i=/w2& 
Shell i=/w3& 

I tried a different approach

Link shell, etc
Load wcreate
Wcreate /w1 -s=2 0 0 80 24 5 2 2
Wcreate /w2 -s=2 0 0 80 24 6 2 2
Wcreate /w3 -s=2 0 0 80 24 7 2 2
Unlink wcreate
Shell i=/w1&, etc

Same problem.

/Chester
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gault [mailto:robert.gault at worldnet.att.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:31 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] NOS9 mb script

Chester A Patterson wrote:
> I EZGen'd scbbt and T1 (in that order) in right after SCF, rebooted, 
> and it didn't work (freeze boot) I'll try other locations.
> 
Have you tried modifying the scripts in the NitrOS-9 distribution rather
than using EZGen? Maybe the problem is with EZGen rather than scbbt and
T1.

> Another curious problem.
> I made a TERM_32 bootfile. Boots fine, until startup gets to wcreate, 
> then everything freezes. If I omit the wcreate commands in startup, 
> boots fine. When I try to wcreate from TERM (32), again deep freeze.
> What gives? Thanks.

Perhaps you should post the relevant lines from startup. I suggest that
you are not using the syntax wcreate -z which the OS-9 manual indicate
should be used if the command is in a startup file. Look at p. 6-99 in
the SO-9 user's manual.




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