[Coco] NitrOS-9, Cobbler and Fragmented Boot Files

[Bill Pierce]

Daren I'm pretty sure Nitros9 allows fragmented boot files, and yes, cobbler needs to be fixed, as well as os9gen (I think).
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 7:53 pm
Subject: [Coco] NitrOS-9, Cobbler and Fragmented Boot Files


Wasn't NitrOS-9 modified to work with a fragmented boot file?

I'm currently working on a new driver for the CoCo SDC. After building a
new DSK image I usually opt to change the screen width to 40 columns by
entering:

xmode /term col=28 sty=1
cobbler /dd

On recent builds (as the driver code has grown in size) Cobbler now fails,
reporting that the boot file is fragmented. This renders the disk
un-bootable and I have to move a fresh copy of the DSK image onto the SD
card. I can avoid the problem by using dmode to set sas=80 before running
cobbler, but can't reduce sas later without getting a fragmented file again.

If NitrOS-9 has solved the fragmented boot limitation, shouldn't Cobbler be
changed so that it doesn't abort in that situation? Is there something else
I should be using instead of Cobbler?

Darren

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