[Coco] MM/1 question

Bob Devries bdevries at gil.com.au
Thu Nov 6 23:08:00 EST 2003


Gene Heskett said:

> >Booting from non-contigous bootfile
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> this may be its downfall.  Unforch, I do not know enough about the os9
> for the mm1 to know if it can boot from a non-contiguous bootfile.

Nope, the other drive boots fine from a (1) extended (>64K) bootfile, and
(2) a fragmented bootfile.
LSN0 points to the FD on the OS-9/68K systems, not the file itself.

> I suppose the file could be moved inward to a location that would
> allow it to be contiguous, and LSN0 then edited to reflect the new
> location.  This might work if that os9 is similar enough to level one
> or two.

Actually, as it happens, the file IS contigous.

Regards, Bob Devries; Ipswich, Queensland, Australia




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