[Coco] Booting NitrOS-9 from MESS

[Robert Gault]

Mike Rowen wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have MESS 147s compiled and running under Linux. I can bring up the CoCo
> 3 emulator and I can access disk images,
> however I have run into the MESS boot bug for NitrOS-9. I have found
> references to the bug, but not the fix. I know some
> of you on the list are running NitrOS9 in MESS. Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> -Mike

Any OS-9 disk image for MESS should use the .os9 extension. That should solve 
most problems.

The current nightly build disk images for NitrOS-9 have bugs. The Level2 images 
seem to be based on Level3 since CoGrf is present instead of CoWin and CoVDG. 
Also the disk descriptors are bad in that there are 3 D0 and 2 DD in OS-9 boot.

Which disks are you trying to boot? What information are you seeing on the 
screen? Are you trying to boot from "floppies" or .vhd images?