[Coco] Booting NitrOS-9 from MESS

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert, Aaron, et al,
>
> I just tried the latest nightly build using nos9l2v030209coco3_dw.dsk. It
> had three D0 descriptors. After fixing that error, I now get i2xoC*X which I
> think means "Pathname not found" (error 216).

I knew there were problems with the standard nightly images but didnt
realize they also effected the dw builds.
That is a bug in the build process, hopefully will be sorted out soon.

>
> I checked to see if shell, sysgo and grfdrv are in their right places, and
> have their permissions set. They do.
>
> It seems that the DD module uses the driver "rbdw". I guess that means that
> I must have a boot disk in slot 0 (/X0) of the drivewire server?
>

It's expected that you would have that disk in /X0.. the *_dw disks
are for booting via DriveWire.

> If that's so (and I just tried it, and it works) why are all the files
> necessary on the disk image?
>

Not sure I'm following you, but guessing you are booting from
something that isn't drivewire but want to use the drivewire
functionality?
In that case you only need the modules from the _dw disk that you want
to use.. rbdw for disks, scdwn for the virtual channels, etc.
I'm not an OS9 expert, when I need a particular boot disk I just
generate it from the source, but I believe you can insert them into an
existing system.. cobbler or os9gen, something like that?

> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Booting NitrOS-9 from MESS
>
>
>> Mike Rowen wrote:
>>>
>>> I did change the extensions to .os9 and the boot now begins, however it
>>> fails just after i2xto*W.
>>
>> >So I suspect this is one of the bad images you are referring to. Can't
>> > >tinker
>> much until
>>>
>>> tomorrow night. 12 hour shifts for me this week. Getting closer though!
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that is the error manifest. :)
>>
>> *W means error 128+87=215 BAD PATHNAME
>>
>> After Boot finishes and turns over the process to rb1773, the disks can't
>> be read correctly because they were formatted as double-sided but the
>> descriptors are for single-sided.
>> Unless you can boot from older OS-9 disks and can use dEd to edit the
>> descriptors in the OS9Boot file, you won't make any further progress. That
>> being the case, e-mail me directly asking for specific disk images and I'll
>> send you good ones.
>>
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