[Coco] OS9Boot size limit

[Brett Gordon]

Bill,

I believe cocoboot should load up a 255 page Boot file ( I think), of
course this would be rediculous, and OS9 needs some free system pages
for dynamic mem.

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
> Bill Pierce wrote:
>>
>>
>> What's the current limit or should I say "comfortable" limit on a NitrOS-9
>> boot file? I'm using the standard RBF drivers/desc ie.. D0, D1 ect.  Burke n
>> Burke HD drivers, Drivewire drivers, RAmdisk, Midi, VDG, ect..
>> I'm getting ready to trim down the system&  I remember there used to be
>> some general rules on OS9Boot files size. I will be creating the boots to
>> fit my theme for each VHD I use... one for programming (asm, rma, C ect),
>> one for Midi, one for games (Sierra needs the ftdd,vi,vrn stuff.)
>>
>> To include "the kitchen sink" just takes up too much space and leaves
>> little room for processes.
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Based on the code for Boot, it looks like the upper limit for OS9Boot is
> 65,279=$FEFF bytes. I'd be surprised if you need more than about $A000 bytes
> in OS9Boot.
>
> Why worry? Just make your boot file and see if it works for you.
>
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