[Coco] FPGA dsk boot file
rcrislip
rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Sun Nov 14 17:43:40 EST 2021
On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:38:29 -0600
Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> Login to the CoCo3FPGA group and navigate to this page:
> https://groups.io/g/CoCo3FPGA/files/Support%20files
>
> Download the burnboot.dsk image. I think there’s a readme file on
> there. It’s pretty straightforward and will burn the necessary boot
> loader onto your flash chip on the DE1. After you have done this make
> sure SW2 is in the ‘down’ position and reboot with CTL-ALT-DEL on
> your keyboard. You will see the boot loader screen and if you have a
> valid NitrOS9 partition on your SD card starting at logical sector
> $000000 and you have a valid OS9Boot file in the root directory, it
> should boot. Let me know how it works for you.
>
> I intend to make an instructional video for this and a few other
> operations needed to get a DE1 up and running with CoCo3FPGA and
> NitrOS9.
>
> -Dave Philipsen
>
> > To Dave and Chris;
> >
> > Thanks for the in put and suggestions. I did RTFM and got my card
> > working. I was using the correct image, but the switches were set
> > wrong. Dave, your suggestion of booting directly from the SD has
> > really intrigued me. So if you have the time and have the
> > inclination... I'm all ears, TIA
> >
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Thanks Dave, Dl'd the image. I'll mess with it a little later. Supper
is calling me right now 8-).
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