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

[Chad H]

I just fiddled with the bootdisk scripts in the NitrOS9 .DSK image and made
it write what would normally go to a .VHD bootable disk, to a real floppy
instead LOL.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Smith
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 11:32 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] DriveWire 4 - NitOS-9 Floppy *BOOTSTRAP!*

Did you use the LINK program that's floating around for use with HDBDOS, or
did you do it manually?  How much of a pain is it?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 6:40:53 PM
> Subject: [Coco] DriveWire 4 - NitOS-9 Floppy *BOOTSTRAP!*
> 
> 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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Christopher Smith
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