[Coco] problems creating a boot disk from NitrOS9 03.02.09

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 22 January 2010, Robert Gault wrote:

>Gene Heskett wrote:

>> Have you found it (scred) 100% dependable?

>

>For the most part, yes. Things can go wrong if you use the wrong key

>combinations and recovery sometimes must be brute force. I tend to just

>reboot, kill the temporary file, and start over.

>

>> Yes, I still have a copy of it, find found these, copy/pasted from the

>> minicom screen:

>>

>> {t2|08}/DD/MAXTOR:find scred /dd/maxtor

>> scredfix.ar found in /DD/MAXTOR/AR.STF

>

>I've not heard of scredfix. What is it and where is it available?

>

>> icon.scred found in /DD/MAXTOR/B09/ICONEDT.SRC/ICONS.TXT

>> icon.scred found in /DD/MAXTOR/CMDS/ICONS

>> scred found in /DD/MAXTOR/CMDS

>> SCRED found in /DD/MAXTOR/HELP

>> scred.hlp found in /DD/MAXTOR/HELP

>>

>> Then:

>> {t2|08}/DD/MAXTOR:vfy cmds/scred

>> Length of file: $0000591D

>>

>> Module found at offset $00000000 in this file

>> Header for    : scred

>> Header parity : $6C (good)

>> Module size   : $591D

>> Edition       : $3D

>> Ty/La At/Rv   : $11   $81

>> Program module, 6809 object, Re-enterable, R/O

>> Exec. off     : $001C

>> Data Size     : $0E77

>> Module CRC is : $6E4288 (good)

>>

>> Is that the same scred you have?

>

>Yes, looks like the same one as the CRC and edition are the same.

>

>> From a dir -e listing:

>> 0  2003/12/11 16:50  --e-rewr     D74      591D scred

>>

>> And this is scred.hlp:

>> {t2|08}/DD/MAXTOR/HELP:list scred.hlp

>> Syntax: Scred [-opts][<filename>]

>> Usage : Screen Editor

>> Opts  : -e  = embedded attributes on terminal

>>          -b=<int>  redefine buffer size

>>          -l=<int>  redefine screen length

>>          -w=<int>  redefine screen width

>>          -t=<term>  define terminal name

>>          -z=<path>  path for termset file

>>

>> And an attempt to run it:

>> {t2|08}/DD/MAXTOR/HELP:../cmds/scred scred.hlp

>> Error #216 - Path Name Not Found

>>

>> And it returns that error 100% of the time, like its hard coded to go

>> look for a termset file on a floppy that doesn't exist?

>

>Not sure what you are trying to do there. Scred.hlp should be in the SYS

>directory. You can list it or while in the scred Edit mode type ? as a

>command. You don't get any help from scred while in the Command mode.

>I've got a set of scred instructions but no way to scan them. So if you

>want to know how to do something I can respond with the key sequence but

>can't send a copy of the instructions.


I've gotten rather fond of ed(aka vi) now, and since scred won't run 
here.....

Thanks for the offer though, Robert..

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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