[Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC

[Bob Devries]

If I type the command DIR255 on the VHD image (Nitros9.vhd) I get this:

<OS-9 HARD DISK BOOT>
DRIVE=255 FREE=0

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC


> Hi,
>
> this line in my posting was my attempt to convey that I had done that:
>
>>> I can do a "DIR 255" and get a file listing as well as "DIR 254".
>
> I am coming to the conclusion that disk 255 is not prepared properly.
>
> This supplied vhd should be pulled IMHO.
>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC
>
>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> In VCC, you need to configure for using RGB DOS. Pull down the Cartridge 
>> menu, and select FD502 Config, and click the button beside RGBDOS.
>>
>> This will allow you to boot from the HD image with DOS255.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:21 AM
>> Subject: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I need to mount one of my old OS-9 L-II boot disks and copy some CMDS to 
>>> a new .dsk file using the VCC emulator.
>>>
>>> My old floppy boot disk will of course not boot so I have been trying to 
>>> boot the supplied "Preinstalled Hard disk image Nitros9 Ver 3.2.8".
>>>
>>> The documentation is out of date, the instructions to just type "DOS 
>>> 255" do not work, "OK" is returned which is not OK.
>>>
>>> I can do a "DIR 255" and get a file listing as well as "DIR 254".
>>>
>>> There is a screenshot on the VCC Screenshots page so it must work.
>>>
>>> http://vcc.20x.cc/screenshots.html
>>>
>>> I need detailed instructions including what configuration changes to 
>>> make, .dsk images to  insert in addition to the "Nitros9.vhd" hard drive 
>>> image and so on.
>>>
>>> And what to type if it is different from "DOS 255"
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> SHF
>
>
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