[Coco] noswiz doesn't work for me...

[Brett Gordon]

Hmm... it sounds like you might have your os9 images setting in
HDB-DOS partitions.  This is a configuration I didn't account for (in
the wizard).   Thankfully, Aaron's DriveWire protocol allow CoCoBoot
to change its settings "on the fly",  so its entirely possible to
write a boot-up script and have cocoboot turn "on" the HDB-DOS
translation before trying to find your os9 image.  Probably a better
way of doing it would be to copy the wizard.dsk into a HDB-DOS
partition.   The wizard can do this:

1. in DW turn OFF your HDB-DOS Translation.
2. in DW insert noswiz.dsk into drive 0
3. boot up cocoboot from DW drive 0 - wait for the wizard to show up
4. in DW turn ON your HDB-DOS Translation, and insert your regular HDB-DOS disk.
5. when prompted for if you'll be using HDBDOS in the wizard, answer: "no"
6. when prompted for your os9 disk, choose "drivewire" and your disk no.
7. when prompted for your target choose "drivewire" and disk 0.
8. when prompted for your source choose "ram"
9 the wizard will then clone itself onto your HDB-DOS DriveWire image 0.
10. reboot and leave your HDB-DOS Translation ON from now on.

If you don't want CoCoBoot in drive 0 of your HDB-DOS image, then
there maybe an alternate solution for you.  Upgrading to the latest DW
will be required.  The latest DW supports "name objects".  Before I
instruct you further, I'll do a quick test, and talk with Aaron about
how "HDB-DOS" translation work with named objects.  I think you just
have to change the filename (or make a copy) of noswiz.dsk to
"CoCoBoot.isave"... let me test if on my machine first.  I'll email
you back privately.

Brett Gordon


On 2/13/12, Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 09:18:05PM -0500, Brett Gordon wrote:
>
>> Thats about the same setup as I have, except I don't have MPI.  The
>> "-" mean that cocoboot isn't finding a valid extension image (in your
>> case, anywhere!).
>
>> Make sure you have "HDB-DOS translation" turned of in DriveWire.  I
> ................................................. ??
>
> Do you want that on or off?
>
>> had a similar problem which I racked my brain for hours over, until I
>> realized I turned on the translation while writing the HDB drivers for
>> CoCoBoot, and forgot to turn them back off....
>
> With "HDB-DOS translation" on cocoboot finds the dw share, but my OS-9
> images aren't accessible and the RTC is messed up!
>>
>> Let me know if this works!   If not, let me know which version of DW
>> you are using so I can give grief to Aaron  :)
>>
> DW4.04 Test2.
>
> OK, I've had a little more luck with this (my hardware can be
> fussy.. :()
>
> Does this support an IDE drive with the Glenside drivers, or do you
> only support SuperDriver?
>
> Willard
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