[Coco] ack!

[Bob Devries]

Just to throw a spanner in the works....

I have here a NitrOS9 Level 3 disk which boots fine!

If anyone wants an image file, I'm happy to make one.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!


>
> On the Nitros9 Level 3 build.
> First, did anyone read Alan DeKok's doc and readme?
> This level is not going to boot properly when built until the issue of 
> IOMan, Krn, clock and possibly krnp2 is resolved.
> His notes clearly state that these modules have to be modified to point to 
> the "nitros9" module before anything is initialized. This module (nitros9) 
> moves all modules (rbf & scf) into their proper memory spaces which is the 
> whole reason for the new boot process.
> The original "modified" modules are in the maltedmedia archives (I think) 
> or I have them if someone wants them. These need to be disassembled and 
> brought up to date unless someone actually has the sources. They were 
> originally built for NitrOS-9 Level 2 6309 ver 1.22m and are labeled 
> "ioman.l3", "clock.l3.soft.60hz", os9p1.l3" and "os9p2.122m". The "new" 
> Level 3 modules are "nitros9" and "_end". The sources to the last 2 are in 
> the Level 3 folder under "Modules" in the repo.
> Alan states in his doc that various clocks were available for download, 
> but those downloads are long gone. If anyone has builds of these clock 
> modules, they need to be put into the archives.
> At one time I had a bootable disk running but was using Jeff's emulator 
> and it was all a little flakey which the emulator itself was a litte 
> flakey so it was not a good test platform. Alan states in the doc that 
> there were several systems (10+) running beta Level 3 builds for almost a 
> year. One was running a BBS that had run for 2 months without a reboot. 
> He's said it seemed to be stable.
>
> To get this going, ioman.l3, os9p1.l3, and clock.l3.soft.60hz need to be 
> disassembled and ioman, krn & clock need to be examined and patched to 
> reflect what was done to those v 1.22m modules as the newer modules have 
> been changed greatly since then.
>
> Bill Pierce
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:47 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Christopher R. Hawks wrote:
>
>> Gene (and all):
>>
>> I have revision:
>>
>> HAWKSoft(chrish)$ hg log | more
>> changeset:   2829:ed9a4cb85fb3
>> branch:      lwtools-port
>> tag:         tip
>> user:        boisy
>> date:        Sun Jun 02 15:30:19 2013 -0500
>> summary:     Fixed makefiles and defsfile for level 3
>>
>> Until there is a makefile in
>> $(NITROS9DIR)/level3, level3 will not compile.
>> Copying the $(NITROS9DIR)/level2/makefile there might work. (I've
>> got to get to work, so I don't have time right now.
>
> That will be the least of your issues getting it to build.  Trust me, I
> spent several hours on it before Boisy made his announcement about a fix.
>
> Steve
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