[Coco] Nitros9 v3.3.0

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  I noticed that Gene, but I’ve tried different combos of the old to new boottrack and find it’s either boot or krn that cause the issue.  REL loads and performs fine, boot or krn seem to be problem.  Old boot and krn work fine. New boot & krn slow down and the “.” go forever.

Bill Nobel


On May 8, 2014, at 9:57 PM, CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> 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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