[Coco] ok i am learning but not fast enough

[Bill Pierce]

Tormod, what is really needed as a detailed tutorial on how to create a boot disk from the module dir.
Sure, anyone can download one of the many useful setups and utilities available from the repo (and others), but 99% of the time, it's not enough... or too much.
No two Coco setups are alike and no two people want them set up alike. Since it would be impracticle to make a boot for every purpose, we could at least provide the info in how to do so.
The OS9 manual and various books give a "basic" idea on how to create a boot, but with all the drivers we have now, a tutorial covering each and every part and how to add it would be a blessing.
For instance, there's no real detailed instructions on how to set up SCSI or IDE drives, they came well after the OS9 manuals were writte. The Superdriver manual helps, but it stills has some info that's to technical for the the average user. Several attempts have been made to explain how to set up Drivewire, but no has a finished doc yet (including my own). Almost all the modules are in the mosdules folder on the repo disks, but absolutely no instructions how to use them. Then there's several modules just not readily availble, they're there, but no t where users can get to them unless they know how to build the repo, and that seems to be a few of us. And hdbdos... a doxen or more version with no descriptions as to what they're for.
The the real kicker, and has been my main compaint for years... one piece is here, one piece is there, one piece is on the other site, then the manual for that is on one site, the manual for the other one is buried in an archive somewhere...
Trying to give someone instructions from start to end is like giving directions from New York to L.A. by way of Miami, then Chicago, then Houston, then to Seatle, then to L.A... with no map!!

Basically, we need one central site with all info, all links, and if needed even it's own archive. It wouldn't be easy, but it would save answering these question over and over until we get tired of answering and eventually just let someone else answer... until no one answers at all.

These reasons are the very reasons so many have walked away from OS9 and said "forget it... I'll just play Zaxxon".

One day it may happen...

 

 


Bill Pierce
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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: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 10:46 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] ok i am learning but not fast enough

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:23 AM, Richard Hawk wrote:>> I been pouring over the internet and reading manuals and trying.  I came up> with I have to boot in to hdb-dos 1.2 I need to purchace a new rom I think I> saw there is hdb-dos 1.4 out there. So if anybody knows where I can purchase> that i would appreciate it.Hi Richard,If you don't want to use HDB-DOS, but just want to boot NitrOS-9, youcan alternatively burn a DWDOS ROM which will boot directly intoNitrOS-9, loading everything (including kernel and os9boot) overDriveWire. Instead of a ROM, you can also load DWDOS from tape or DECBfloppy. In other words, you don't need a NitrOS-9 boot floppy if youhave DriveWire.DWDOS can be found at http://toolshed.sf.netIt is not a "DOS", but the equivalent of the RSDOS "DOS" command,working over DriveWire.Tormod-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco