[Coco] DriveWire 4 - NitrOS-9 Floppy *BOOTSTRAP!*

[Chad H]

Yea but it was a 'trick' to get into NitrOS-9/DriveWire 4 without the ROM.
When I first got a hold of that .DSK image I was trying to make a floppy out
of it and DOS into it, which wouldn't work.  You told me it was made for
loading from the Server.  Problem is, you have to have a ROM to get that
far... not anymore.  Perhaps such a "bootstrap" disk would be of use on the
DriveWire 4 downloads page?  Just in case someone wanted to bypass the need
for a ROM and just boot-up NitrOS-9 with DriveWire4 support directly, which
apparently you can't do with any of the .DKS images that are there
currently.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 7:02 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] DriveWire 4 - NitrOS-9 Floppy *BOOTSTRAP!*

As far as I know the only reason anyone needs a ROM for use with
DriveWire is to use DW in HDBDOS.  NitrOS9 uses its own drivers so
doesn't need any special ROM for any given hardware or drivewire
afaik.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, someone told me this couldn't be done.  Perhaps they didn't understand
> what I was referring to..
>
>
>
> *       I wanted to be able to turn on my CoCo WITHOUT a DriveWire ROM,
type
> DOS and it 'BOOTSTRAP' into NitrOS-9 on the DriveWire 4 server.
>
>
>
> I've managed to create a real Floppy that does just that.  DriveWire ROM
not
> required!  Essientially it is a DriveWire 4 NitrOS-9 floppy that starts
the
> bootup sequence from the real disk but somewhere along the way it
'switches'
> to the /DD image housed on the DriveWire 4 server and seamlessly
continues.
> :-)
>
>
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