[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

[Wayne Campbell]

Thanks Aaron. :) I tried it and it works. I also thank Bill Pierce, because
now I know how to use the HDBDOS way if I want to go that route. :)

Wayne



On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can boot nitros9 in Vcc without using hdbos if that is the problem.
>
> To do so, copy the standard _becker .dsk from nitros9.org to a second
> image.  You need 2 copies of it because vcc does not like anyone else
> touching files it has mounted.
>
> Insert one copy in vcc drive 0.  Insert the other copy in DW4 drive 0.
>
> Start vcc, type DOS
>
> Whallllla :-)
>
> Note that you are loading the boot track from the vcc copy and the rest
> from the dw4 copy.  Assuming you don't mess with system modules, this is
> fine.  You will have access to all of dw in any case.
>
> On Oct 7, 2013 5:15 PM, "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am thinking I need to restate something. I do not use RSDOS, HDBDOS or
> > any other DOS. I use OS-9, which is now NitrOS-9, and nothing else. I do
> > not want to set up a HDBDOS system. I just want NOS9. I don't mind
> bringing
> > my copy up to date, but I would rather leave out the HDBDOS/RSDOS stuff
> and
> > just work with NOS9. DriveWire was made to work with NOS9 first, and
> HDBDOS
> > is being added to the latest versions. I don't know what differences
> there
> > are between them, insofar as a bootable NOS9 disk image is concerned. I
> > would think HDBDOS and RSDOS would have no affect on DW, or on the
> version
> > of software I am usi8ng, where NOS9 is concerned.
> >
> > If I am mistaken, I hope someone will clue me in.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > D0-D3 in my boot are the standard drives. X0-X3 are the drivewire
> > > descriptors, and n,n1-14 are the scf descriptors for using dw via the
> > > becker port. Right?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Melanie and John Mark Mobley <
> > > johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Q) If I try using a command like 'dir /xn' (where n can be 0,1,2 or 3,
> > >> all I
> > >> get is a 221 (module not found) error.
> > >> A1) dir /dn (where n can be 0, 1, 2, or 3).
> > >> A2) type "mdir" and look for D0 or X0.
> > >>
> > >> John Mark Mobley
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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