[Coco] creating NitrOS9 boot disk

[Bob Devries]

Answering my own post......

I tried it in MESS also (created the whole disk anew), and the same thing 
happens, except that a "3" is appended to the diagnostic string.

:(

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Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
the capacity to be his spokesman,
so that I know how to help the weary.

website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 5:23 PM
Subject: creating NitrOS9 boot disk


> Hi Gang,
>
> Sheesh, I thought I knew how to do this......
>
> I've tried several ways to make a bootable dis under NitrOS9 V03.02.06, 
> but have failed miserably.
>
> First off, I'm trying to create a Single sided, 35 track disk so that I 
> can copy it to the DECB partition of the NitrOS9.vhd file. So I have set 
> DMODE to DNS=01 CYL=0023 SID=01
>
> Then I have modified the standard.bl file in the NitrOS9 distribution, to 
> select the descriptors I need (80 trk D0, D1, and D2, cloud9 clock), and 
> then run the MB script.
>
> This all seems to work fine, and the disk looks good, and the idents are 
> right.
>
> I insert the image into drive D0 and the NitrOS9.vhd into the HD slot, and 
> type DOS. Here's what I get on the screen:
>
> KREL Boot Krn tb0.......
>
> and there it stops.
>
> The status line of VCC shows the tracks going up to trk 34, and then back 
> to trk 00, sector 01, and that's it.
>
> It seems that the kernel track is being read, but none of the boot file. 
> Can someone suggest some causes?
>
> I'm stumped.
>
> --
> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>
> Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
> the capacity to be his spokesman,
> so that I know how to help the weary.
>
> website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
> my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>