[Coco] problems creating a boot disk from NitrOS9 03.02.09

[Wayne Campbell]

I have been using that method as well. I write in TextPad, save as Mac 
format ($0D),  open a .os9 image and insert file. The problem is, sometimes 
I'm making small changes that the process described above takes too much 
time for. It is easier to make the changes in OS-9 and save to that copy. By 
making sure I have the changes in both files, I can keep it straight. I 
would rather not have to edit in OS-9, because I am spoiled by TextPad. MESS 
allows me to paste, but it will not allow me to copy. I can create a file in 
OS-9, using edit, by the name of the procedure file. Then I paste the code 
into edit, or into Basic09's edit mode. That's better. because it will 
report errors on the fly.

With my MESS installation working, for the most part, correctly now, I can 
switch between the emu and textpad at will. I just wanted to be able to make 
the HD bootable. I remember having the 20-megger I had on my CoCo3 setup 
that way. I thought maybe I could do it from an emulator. Your previous post 
has my attention. So, if I understand this correctly, instead of a 94 meg HD 
image, I will have a 94 meg HD image, partitioned into the sizes of whatever 
floppy images I have on it. Each separate image is a separate "partition". 
But I would be accessing them the same as any other disk, using /dv#.

At this moment, I am dsaving all the separate floppy images I have gotten. 
With 94 megs, I think I can probably save ecerything there is and not run 
out of room. And the nice part is, the file for the HD image is only using 
1.3 megs of space on my hd, and I have all of the original OS-9 Level 2 
disks, except C, Pascal, and the Level 1 versions of it all. I am creating a 
complete system disk for NitrOS-9 that will contain all of the modules, all 
of the sys files, and all of the different commands found on the separate 
disks and on SF. I am using the layout of the directories as my guide.

Wayne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] problems creating a boot disk from NitrOS9 03.02.09


> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> unfortunately, ED/VI is not on the standard NitrOS9 distribution disk.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>
>
> It's a moot point since we are all obtaining the distribution disks from 
> our PCs. Just use any PC text editor that can handle $0D as a line end, 
> extract the script files from the .dsk images, edit them, and return them 
> to the images.
>
> As for editing on the Coco, I've been using scred which was distributed 
> with a Tandy OS-9 Level II developers package.
>
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