[Coco] Survey was Re: NitrOS-9, Cobbler and Fragmented Boot Files
Bill Pierce
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Wed Dec 10 16:50:06 EST 2014
Robert, the "-e" option would ultimately be safer.... but who is using vanilla OS9 these days?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 4:44 pm
Subject: [Coco] Survey was Re: NitrOS-9, Cobbler and Fragmented Boot Files
Darren A wrote:
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> Robert, it looks like it is working.
>
> I put two identical NitrOS-9 DSK images on the SD card. Using the first
> image, I changed the column width with xmode and then ran the original
> cobbler to write a new boot file. It failed with the fragmentation error
> and I could no longer boot with that image.
>
> I switched to the 2nd DSK image and repeated the process, but this time
> used the patched version of cobbler. It completed normally and did not
> display any message regarding fragmentation. This newly cobbled DSK boots
> fine.
>
> Darren
>
OK!!
For everyone on the list who is interested. Do we want cobbler to automatically
make "extended" bootfiles as needed, or do we want cobbler to use an -e option
as os9gen now does?
The second case makes it backwards compatible. The first requires any user of
disks created with fragmented bootfiles to have the current Boot module that can
handle fragmentation.
Robert
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