[Coco] Nitros9 v3.3.0

Fri May 9 00:27:43 EDT 2014

On Friday 09 May 2014 00:17:49 CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts did 
opine
And Gene did reply:
>   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.

krn has had some functions moved in and out, trading places with things in 
krn2.  Your combination could be something doubled, missing or both.  
Basically, the krn you use should come from the 3.3.0 kit so they match 
each other.

That may not be it Bill, but its a thought.  In any event, I'm headed for 
the rack & some zz's.  Good luck, I am sure you will find it.

> 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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