[Coco] unsilly Q about the os9 startup file

[Bob Devries]

Hi Gene,

I've come across that problem, too some time ago.
Are you able to rename the startup file?
The output of proc that you provided, would seem to indicate that inetd has 
a lock on /DD. Could that be a clue? Is inetd started from your startup 
file?

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:16 PM
Subject: [Coco] unsilly Q about the os9 startup file


> Greetings folks;
>
> I think I asked this before but if I got an answer, I do not now recall
> what it was.
>
> Situation:
>
> I need to edit the startup file I am using, but any attempt to save the
> changes gets a "disk error".
>
> Its as if the shell that launched it at startup, is still trying to 
> execute
> it and still has a lock on the file.  In linux, an lsof could show me, but
> all I know at this time is that the file does end with a proper carriage
> return.
>
> So if that is the case, I can only think of one way to do it, which would
> be to edit the backup on the other disk, and then edit the bootfile to
> change /dd back to /s1, and /dh back to /dd. And reboot.  But, that sure
> seems like doing an edit the hard way to me.
>
> This is what proc thinks is running 4 hours after the latest reboot:
> {t2|07}/DD/NITROS9/dw3install/6309L2/SCRIPTS:proc
>
> ID Prnt User Pty  Age  Tsk  Status  Signal   Module    I/O Paths
> ___ ____ ____ ___  ___  ___  _______ __  __  _________ __________________
>  1   0    0  255  255   00  sTimOut  0  00  System    <Term >Term >>Term
>  2   1    0  128  128   00  sTimOut  0  00  Shell     <Term >Term >>Term
>  3   7    0  128  128   02  s        0  00  Proc      <t2   >t2   >>t2
>  5   0    0  128  128   00  s        0  00  Shell     <W4   >W4   >>W4
>  6   0    0  128  131   00  s        0  00  Shell     <W1   >W1   >>W1
>  7   0    0  128  131   00  s        0  00  Shell     <t2   >t2   >>t2
>  8   0    0  128  179   00  s        0  00  inetd     <DD   >Term >>Term
>
> Any ideas on a non-switch it all fix?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers, Gene
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