[Coco] NOS9 mb script

[Robert Gault]

Chester A Patterson wrote:
> Granted, I built my startup the old way, without the -z. However, why
> would it work fine from TERM_80 and not from TERM_32? I'll make the
> switch to the -z and hope it works from TERM_32. Thanks.

There may well be something wrong with your startup script, which is why 
I asked you to post it.

When you start from a term_80, you already have the windowing system 
active. That means you can merge stdfonts etc. without crashing the 
system. The windowing system is not active when you start from term_32 
but rather the vdg system. You could crash the system if for example, 
you tried to merge stdfonts before initializing a window.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Gault [mailto:robert.gault at worldnet.att.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:31 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NOS9 mb script
> 
> Chester A Patterson wrote:
> 
>>I EZGen'd scbbt and T1 (in that order) in right after SCF, rebooted, 
>>and it didn't work (freeze boot) I'll try other locations.
>>
> 
> Have you tried modifying the scripts in the NitrOS-9 distribution rather
> than using EZGen? Maybe the problem is with EZGen rather than scbbt and
> T1.
> 
> 
>>Another curious problem.
>>I made a TERM_32 bootfile. Boots fine, until startup gets to wcreate, 
>>then everything freezes. If I omit the wcreate commands in startup, 
>>boots fine. When I try to wcreate from TERM (32), again deep freeze.
>>What gives? Thanks.
> 
> 
> Perhaps you should post the relevant lines from startup. I suggest that
> you are not using the syntax wcreate -z which the OS-9 manual indicate
> should be used if the command is in a startup file. Look at p. 6-99 in
> the SO-9 user's manual.
> 
>