[Coco] NitrOS-9 EOU (Ease of Use) Beta 5 released

[Kevin Becker]

Sorry, my steps got kinda mangled because I had HTML email enabled

- copy EOU_USER.VHD and 68SDC.VHD (or 63SDC.VHD for a 6309 CPU) to the
  root of your SD card
- create a text file called STARTUP.CFG in the root of your SD card
  with the following lines:
	0=68SDC.VHD  (or0=63SDC.VHD for 6309 CPU)
	1=EOU_USER.VHD
- insert the SD card inyour CoCoSDC and power on the CoCo- enter DRIVES
  to verify both disk images are mounted
- enter RENAME "AUTO.BAS" TO "AUTOEXEC.BAS"
- power off and back on your CoCo and you should boot directly into
  NitrOS9





On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 16:56 -0400, Kevin Becker wrote:
> I decided to try out the autoexec functionality today and set up a
> dedicated SD card to autoboot right into NitrOS9 with the data VHD
> automounted as well.  This is a really cool feature and works
> great.  It really changes the "feel" of booting up my CoCo to have it
> go right into a more powerful OS.
> I'd offer a little feedback for the beginner's documentation.  The
> doc
> states that you can automount the disk images and rename the basic
> program to autoexec.bas but as a beginner, it took me a little
> googling
> to actually make that happen.  It'd be nice to have a little section
> that calls this feature out more directly, because it is cool, and
> lists the steps.
> - copy EOU_USER.VHD and 68SDC.VHD (or 63SDC.VHD for a 6309 CPU) to
> the
> root of your SD card- create a text file called STARTUP.CFG in the
> root
> of your SD card with the following lines:	0=68SDC.VHD  (or
> 0=63SDC.VHD for 6309 CPU)	1=EOU_USER.VHD- insert the SD card in
> your CoCoSDC and power on the CoCo- enter DRIVES to verify both disk
> images are mounted- enter RENAME "AUTO.BAS" TO "AUTOEXEC.BAS"- power
> off and back on your CoCo and you should boot directly into NitrOS9
>