[Coco] NitrOS-9 boot from floppy issue

Philip Zeigler philip at zeiglers.net
Wed Jun 26 22:01:21 EDT 2013


Looks like I found the issue.   Commenting out ../MODULES/SCF/term_scdwn.dt from the bootlist file results in a bootable floppy.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

Philip



On Jun 25, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you ident sysgo to make sure it's valid? Is the CMDS and contents
> attr'd e pe?
> 
> Wayne
> On Jun 25, 2013 9:19 PM, "Philip Zeigler" <philip at zeiglers.net> wrote:
> 
>> I can IDENT the OS9Boot file….everything is good.  It shows DD is there.
>> The bootlist contains ../MODULES/RBF/ddd0_40d.dd and
>> ../MODULES/RBF/d0_40d.dd
>> 
>> This is ver030209.  From what I understand from some posts there were
>> issues with some of the drivers being wrong…maybe that is the problem.
>> 
>> It is getting all the way through the boot process to the i2xoC.  The C
>> means it should be loading the sysgo file.  Usually if the /DD descriptor
>> is wrong, you won't get the C you will get and *X.  It gets the C just
>> never goes to the next step to turn the window green and start the shell.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Philip
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 25, 2013, at 6:16 PM, "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Are you able to IDENT the OS9Boot file to check if everything is
>> correct? I've had instances where some descriptors have been duplicated.
>> Also, do you have DD loaded? It should be the same as D0 except for the
>> name.
>>> 
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Zeigler" <philip at zeiglers.net
>>> 
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 boot from floppy issue
>>> 
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