[Coco] Nitros9 v3.3.0

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On Thursday 08 May 2014 23:22:26 CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts 
did opine
And Gene did reply:

>   Ok new question for Nitros9 under Mess.  I have v3.3.0 of Nitros9
> 6309.  I have a problem writing the boot track for it.  OS9Boot file
> is fully 3.3.0, but when I use the new REL, BOOT & KRN I lose the boot
> load.  REL keeps showing “.” forever.
> 
There are several versions of the boot module, each for the specific disk 
controller.  There are also several versions of REL, each expecting a 
different Term format.  Things can easily go all aglay if they are miss-
matched.  For instance, for the TC^3 controller, there are 3 bytes 
immediately in front of the modules crc that need to be fixed to match the 
address of the controller since it has at least 2, and the MPI slot it 
lives in, see the docs for scsidesc.asm which may shed some illumination 
on that.  Other controllers that I don't have, may have similar 
idiosynchrocy's but I'm not an expert on them. 

>   Is it my Mess emulator (which is messmenu under mac), or did
> something change in BOOT from previous version?

That boot may be yet another variation.  I have a b09 utility on my web 
site, "KRNL2DIR" that will make a root directory entry pointing at the 
kernel track.  Satisfies dcheck too.

Once that is done, my "vfy", also on my web page, can split the track up 
into its individual modules PLUS the RSBASIC header, and the trailing list 
of IRQ vectors, making 5 files it will make, using the -sk syntax.  From 
those boot and rel modules, you can then edit the MB script to use those, 
and that should get you a working boot.

Good luck, and I hope I've been helpful.

> I have the kernel track under old version and things work fine with new
> OS9BOOT file, but am curious if anybody else has this issue?
> 
> Bill Nobel
> 
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