[Coco] NitrOS9 Disks

[Robert Gault]

Robert Emery wrote:
> --- Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
>>Which disk in the sets are you trying to use? There are three per set, 
>>two are 40 track double sided disk and one 80 track double sided disk.
>>
> 
> 
> ...and on a side note, that kind of screws those of us who'd like to copy the
> NOS-9 boot disk to a 35 track HDB-DOS drive, doesn't it?
> 
> Bob

Not so. If you are using a Ken-Ton interface and the original RGBDOS or 
even an emulator, just boot the distribution disk and format a new 
35track disk to be used specifically for booting from the hard drive. 
This new disk needs only sysgo/cc3go and the os9boot file.

Of course you must make sure to use the correct boot module and disk 
drivers when creating the new boot disk. Once you have the boot disk 
copied to your hard drive and have run LINK, the rest of the files on 
the distribution disk will be read from the hard drive OS-9 section.

A typical sequence will be to use the distribution disk to create a 
second disk (40 track) with the needed drivers. Boot from the new disk 
that can read the hard drive, copy all needed files to the OS-9 section 
of the hard drive. Create a third boot disk (35track single sided) to 
copy to the RGBDOS/HDBDOS section of the hard drive and run LINK.

As Mark has said, when you buy from Cloud-9, most of the work will have 
been done for you.