[Coco] Problem with dw command

[Bill Pierce]

Fred, if you use the current Nitros9 distro dsk image that is set up for Drivewire, everything is already included. These are the disks with names ending in "_dw", such as
nos96809L2v030300coco3_dw.dsk
These are stocked with all the drivers and descriptors needed for Drivewire.
I usually start with one of these dsk images and build my boot from there. That way, all I have to add is the optional things I need.
The dw disk comes with the standard floppy descriptors (wd1773, d0, d1) which I don't use (floppies all dead), so I eliminate the floppy driver and descs then add my ramdisk and IDE hd driver and desc.

If you use an external clock (such as smartwatch or a disto controller with clock), you'll want to change the dw clock to the proper module. You only change the 2nd clock module of the 2.

BTW... What have you got in your boot to make it so large that you have to "shoehorn" in something new? I have a fairly large boot and have no problems at all.
Here's my bootlist on my Coco 3:
REL
Boot
Krn
KrnP2
IOMan
Init
RBF
rbdw
dwio
X0
X1
X2
X3
RBSuper
llide
DD
I0
I1
RAM
R0
SCF
VTIO
KeyDrv
JoyDrv
SndDrv
CoWin
Term
W
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
W7
scdwv
N
N1
N2
N3
N4
MIDI
Z1
Z2
scdwp
P
PipeMan
Piper
Pipe
Clock
Clock2

Then bootup loads shell & grfdrv.
And before, I even had the floppy driver and descr. I've had no problems running software or during software developemnt using the C compiler system.
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred D. Provoncha via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 2:04 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Problem with dw command


Original Message:>Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:03:58 -0500
>From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
>It's a good idea to use one of the premade stock NitrOS9 disks or to build
>your own from the current NitrOS9 source.  There are many bug fixes in many
>parts of the latest NitrOS9 release and depending on how old a system
>you're shoehorning things into, they might not be fixed on your system,
>potentially leading to all kinds of strange and hard to track down issues.
>If you must update an existing disk, it would be best to update everything,
>not just stick currently DW modules into an old system (I don't mean to
>assume this is what happened in this case, just general advice)
Thanks for the advice Aaron! Actually, yes, I have been using the most-recent 
premade stock NitrOS9 disks from Sourceforge. I'm customizing them using the 
included scripts, just trying to add more functionality to my system, using the 
most recent modules from the latest release.
Thanks,Fred ProvonchaStansbury Park, UT

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