[Coco] Just learning OS-9 - Questions

[Bill Pierce]

Aaron.... there is soon to be a better way...
Enter "BootMajik"
The menu driven Nitros-9 boot disk creation system.
This "Majik" software is going to be able to create a boot disk/vhd for "almost" any NitrOS-9 configuration... from Floppy, to DW4... from MFM to VHD... from Coco 1 to Coco 4(?)

Using the DW4Man/Sound Chaser style GUI, BootMajik will be easy to use and an indespensible OS-9 utility

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 5:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Just learning OS-9 - Questions


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

>
> Seems like building an OS-9 custom disk is one of the most confusing and
> frustrating things for a newbie trying to get into OS-9.
>
> Is there such thing as an OS-9 installer?
>

Not really.  OS9 was designed in a time where ROMs or removable media
were the norm.  Much like all operating systems of that day or even
for several years later (i.e. MS-DOS) there was no real "install".
You just prep a disk with the bootstrap bytes in the expected place.

There are a wide variety of preconfigured disks available from the
NitrOS9 download site.  These should serve to get a newbie up and
running with any common system.  I'm not sure there is any better
option.

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