[Coco] Nitros9 on Keil

[Aaron Wolfe]

The DIR of garbage is normal.  I don't know if this is relevant, but
in MESS you must name the disk whatever.os9 for it to boot os9
correctly.  if the disk image file is whatever.dsk, it will behave
exactly as you describe.

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if this has been answered before, but I'm having no luck in
> getting OS9 Level 1 to boot in David Keil's Coco 2 emulator.
>
> I've downloaded nos96809l1v030209coco_40d_1.dsk and disk 2 from the
> sourceforge website.
>
> I've configured the emulator with a FD502DS controller. I'm assuming the
> 'DS' means double-sided?!? From the length of disk 1, it would appear to be
> double-sided.
>
> Typing "DOS" and hitting enter simply clears the screen and displays "OK".
> Typing "DIR" shows garbage.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
> FYI, my ultimate aim to is to install OS9 (Level 1) on a hard drive
> partition (to be used with a GlenSide-compatible IDE). I have no physical
> floppy drives for my Coco, so I'm hoping this can all be done on emulators.
> I'm open to any suggestions as to how this could more easily be achieved.
>
> TIA
> Regards,
>
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