[Coco] Various NitrOS-9 Questions

[Kip Koon]

Hi Retro!
Is that you Luis?  I actually have Cygwin installed.  Make and g++ came with
Cygwin.  Do I need to get them separately as well?  I have also successfully
built LWTools and Toolshed.  I used os9 a lot recently to help put together
some OS9 disks for a friend.  What I don't understand is after all the
emails I've read and followed, I still can't successfully build the NitrOS-9
Distribution dsk images.  I can send you an output text file showing the
results of a typical run if you like.  Unfortunately, the error messages do
not get redirected into the text file - failed messages do though.  I can
show you how the building process runs on my system via skype if you like.
Maybe that would help you to understand & see what's happening.
Kip

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Retro Canada
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:28 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Various NitrOS-9 Questions

i have experience using cygwin.

what is your question?

you just need to install gnu make, g++ then build lwasm and toolshed.

On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:01 PM, "Kip Koon" <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:

Hi Everybody!

In an effort to figure out whether or not Cygwin will - once and for all -
correctly assemble and build some version - old or current - of NitrOS-9,
could someone who has experience getting NitrOS-9 to correctly build please
contact me?  I really want to get this part of my Coco project running so I
can start building some custom bootable NitrOS-9 6x09 Level 1 & Level 2 dsk
images.  With 6809 NitrOS-9 v3.2.9 Level 1 & 2, I can't create any custom
bootable dsk images at the present time.  If I need to run MingW, that is
fine, but I had problems with that setup too, so a little one-on-one
guidance may be needed for a short time.  I really want to get to the point
where I can start contributing help and ideas to the current and future
builds of NitrOS-9.

In the matter of documentation for NitrOS-9, I'd be willing to help bring
the documentation up to date.  I use Word quite well and have a lot of time
on my hands.  

I have explored Linux in the past, but don't currently use it.  Is it so
much better developing NitrOS-9 on Linux?  If so, I could run the
recommended version on VMware as I don't have a dedicated computer for Linux
at this time.

Thank you in advance.

Kip




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