[Coco] PING: R.Gault - quick OS-9 question

[Robert Gault]

Robert Emery wrote:
> Okay, it took LSL to get me going with NitrOS9. I have successfully booted my
> real CoCo's with the latest download. I have also got it working in MESS
> (v0.83), and existing RGB-DOS VHD. 
> 
> So how do I:
> a.)Make drive 254 a bootable NitrOS9 disk which
> b.)recognizes the hard drive
> 
The package on my web page contains an os9boot.dsk image. This image is 
all you should need to be able to boot from any RGB-DOS .vhd drive. The 
image contains on track 34 the correct boot module for talking to the 
.vhd drive. There is also a tools.dsk disk which should install the 
os9boot.dsk to drive 254.

The main problem will be installing OS-9 or NitrOS-9 on the .vhd disk so 
that there will be something to boot to. That means you must have 
NitrOS-9 and have the correct emulator driver in os9boot to talk to the 
.vhd drive. You can get the needed os9boot file from the os9boot.dsk 
image to create a working OS-9/NitrOS-9 system disk. You would then boot 
from the "floppy" and install OS-9 on the .vhd drive. Thereafter to 
start OS-9 just enter DOS254.

If the above is too confusing, send me direct e-mail and I'll walk you 
through the process.

> 
> BTW, I got LSL playing in MESS just by changing the file extension, but
> Charlie's instructions left me with a string of errors and a still blank copy,
> so I can't get it to my real machine yet... It's exactly like the PC version.
> Very cool. I plan to solve it (again) without looking up an online walkthru.
> 
> Thanks Charlie & Boisy
> Bob
>