[Coco] Nitros9 users: How big are your OS9BOOTS ?

[Brett Gordon]

Once I get CoCoBoot a bit further along, it should help you in this
endeavor.  CoCoBoot is going to forget all about a OS9BOOT file entirely,
and load up the boot modules, one-at-a-time directly from a RBF file
system.  There will be a simple "rc" text file with a list of module names
somewhere in the RBF files system, so changing the Nitros9 booting will
entail just changing the RC file and rebooting (with CoCoBoot).  No more
making OS9BOOT files and installing it. (Also gone will be REL and BOOT and
KRN saving some sysmem too )


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Brett!
> As I have yet to successfully create a custom bootable NitrOS-9 real floppy
> disk or virtual disk for that matter all my os9boot files are on backup
> disks of the NitrOS-9 distribution versions.  I can backup to real 3.5"
> floppies just fine and they boot just fine, but whenever I modify the
> scripts to create a custom OS9boot file and run that script to create my
> own
> OS9boot files, the run has all kinds of errors, and the disks are not
> bootable.  In fact one run left the OS9boot file with a temporary filename
> and never renamed it OS9boot!  I'm trying to create a floppy boot disk that
> can access the CF cards using the /i0 and /i1 device descriptors without
> actually booting from one, so I can recobbler the os9boot file I somehow
> messed up from a floppy disk backup I made.  Maybe I need to run one of the
> built in scripts to see if it is successful first.  I'll try that one night
> and see what happens.  I'll let you know if I am ever successful.  Take
> care
> my friend.
> Kip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Brett Gordon
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 10:17 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: [Coco] Nitros9 users: How big are your OS9BOOTS ?
>
> Hey Nitros users:  I wanted to do a quick suvey to find out how big your
> OS9BOOT files are.   I see the stock Nitros9 builds are max 27k.   My
> new-new cocoboot will be loading Nitros9 modules one-at-a-time but will
> only allow bootfiles that are 32k-ish in size.
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/cocoboot2/home/nitros9booting
>
> for more info
>
> thanks in advance,
>
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