[Coco] How to import source code into NitrOS-9?

[Barry Nelson]

It sounds like you may be running out of system ram. The OS uses a 64k block of memory for the kernel and all the device drivers. I have run into similar issues. What drive is /dd? Is it a DriveWire drive, a physical floppy, etc? It is odd that /dd does not work because it's memory should already be allocated. The smap command may give you some insight into what is happening, but you may need to load it before trying to access drivewire. If this is the issue then removing some modules from your os9boot file might fix it, or I may be able to send you a boot image that will work. What device do you boot from?

On Oct 10, 2015, at 11:50 AM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:

> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:50:44 -0400
> From: Stephen Pereira <spereira1952 at comcast.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] How to import source code into NitrOS-9?
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> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Thanks again, for all your attention and assistance with my NitrOS-9 newbie-ness.
> 
> Yes, when I used the ATTR command properly, I now have been able to load and link the scdwv file.
> 
> Now, after I LOAD SCDWV, I can issue the command:
> 
> dw server list c:/filename.ext
> 
> And I see the listing scroll on my CoCo screen.  This is great progress for me!
> 
> When I issue the command:
> 
> dw server list c:/filename.ext >/dd/filename.ext
> 
> I get ERROR 207 (memory full). I am assuming that the error is on the CoCo side, but I am confused by this as I seem to have 400K RAM available (the total posted by the MFREE command).
> 
> Is there some mysterious (to me) command that I should issue in NitrOS-9 to make memory available for this redirection to a file that I am trying to do?
> 
> Please let me know if I need to go off and study NitrOS-9, rather than ask questions about one command or error message at a time.
> 
> Thanks,
> smp
> --
> Stephen M. Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE