[Coco] Howto for installing nitros9?

[Tony]

>----- Original Message ----- 

>From: "Christopher Hawks" <chawks at dls.net>

>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

>Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 5:21 PM

>Subject: Re: [Coco] Howto for installing nitros9?

>



> Steven Hirsch said the following on 10/11/2008 03:27 PM:

>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Steven Hirsch wrote:

>>

>> Next question:  What environment is the NitrOS-9 source intended to be 

>> built under?  The makefile calls an executable called simply 'os9' all 

>> over the place and references a cross-assembler called 'mamou' (?).

>>

>> Perhaps it's there somewhere, but I could not locate anything specific 

>> about the build tools.

>>

>> I need to setup for this since the B&B disk drivers are apparently only 

>> provided in source form.

>

> Steven:

>

> All the utilities you need are in toolshed, also available from 

> sourceforge. Builds on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

>


Doesn't build under Windows, as downloaded - gives a bunch of errors before 
even starting.
This is confirmed on the sourceforge site in postings between the 
developers.

Some changes are required in the makefiles, or rules.mak - I back-burnered 
it for now...

I, too, would like to see it self-hosted.


Tony