[Coco] 128K CoCo2

[Bill Pierce]

Tormod, a couple of notes on "following the instructions" in "Building NitrOS9 on Windows in MinGW":
Apparently, MinGW has quit including the "perl" distro with the MinGW distro. The "make dskcopy" apparently uses a perl script to copy the dsk images from the machine folders to the "dsk" folder, so you need to include:

mingw-get install msys-perl-bin

in the "Install MinGW" instructions or include it in the package selection during install.

Also, you need to clarify that if you use MinGW 32-bit (x86), you must also use Mercurial 32-bit (x86). If you mix and match between 64-bit and 32-bit installs, you will most likely get errors in building nitros9.

I have yet to get the full 64-bit install to build nitros9 correctly on my system (something always seems to be missing), but I know others have.

Another (small) thing, in the "Installing MinGW" under "Configure the Profile" instructions, it states to add "export NITROS9DIR="/usr/src/nitros9" to the "profile". That's fine if your nitros9 dir is always going to be "nitros9".
I have several Nitros9 dirs for doing "custom" builds with modified sources, so I prefer to set the path on the cmd line. Posting an alternative "export NITROS9DIR=$PWD" for the cmd line method would help those who have different folders like I do.

I havent tried using "CygWin" so I don't know how well that works. I may set it up sometime just to test it out. It may be faster than MinGW...

 
I just did a fresh build of the complete repo and everything seems fine :-)

Thanks :-)

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] 128K CoCo2


On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:16 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Tormod,
> I was not aware
that the NitrOS-9 6309 L1 version was to the point of
> being tested.  That's
great!  Does it get built automatically?  I hope so

No, I haven't included it
in the "latest" builds because nobody has
tested it for real yet. Not that I
expect it to put your machine on
fire, but it could for instance mess up a file
system. It seems to
work perfectly in an emulator.

Simply build it like this:

make dsks PORTS=coco2_6309

> because I still cannot figure out how to keep
changes I make to my local > copy of the NitrOS-9 repo.  When I run make, all
the changes I made
> just disappear.  Poof!  All gone!  I would love to know how
you guys are
> making all the changes and updates you all have been doing.  It's
a bit
>frustrating to me.  Any help is much appreciated.

"make" will not change
any source files, so I am not sure what you are
doing. For now just make a
second repo copy, one for your changes and
one for getting the official code. Or
read my mercurial tutorials
posted on this list.

Best regards,
Tormod

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