[Coco] Re: Re: Shell + 2.2a

John Donaldson jadonaldson at charter.net
Tue Jul 13 09:56:06 EDT 2004


If you downloaded the new NITROS9 disks, then look in 
modules/6309l2/bootlist and you will
find the bootlist file. It contains the drivers setting for making a 
boot disk that includes B&B.
Also don't forget to use sysgo.h0.

John Donaldson


Charlie wrote:

>Well I made a Nitros9 boto disk, but I can't seem to get my B&B hard disk
>control to work with it. I loaded bbfhdisk.dr and h0.dd but I can't access
>/h0.
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>"John Donaldson" <jadonaldson at charter.net> wrote
>in message news:40F2B071.6060906 at charter.net...
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>>Charlie,
>>    Try downloading the files from http://www.nitros9.org/. There files
>>for the COCO1/2,
>>COCO3 with 6809 and COCO3 with 6309. Both of the COCO3 versiosn have
>>SHell 2.2a
>>already installed. You will need the DSKINI.exe file to transfer them
>>from a DSK to a real coco3
>>diskette.
>>
>>
>>John Donaldson
>>
>>
>>Charlie wrote:
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>>>What can I do to fix the problem? What files were merged? I know most
>>>of  my OS9 system was put together many years ago, and I remember
>>>replacing  many commands with ones from delphi.
>>>
>>>I don't know very much about OS9 but I would love to understand it
>>>better.  Not to mention get everything working with Shell+2.2a :)
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:15:06 -0700, Ray Watts
>>><rayanddoraleew at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
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>>>>Charlie wrote:
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>>>>>This weekend I replaced Shell+2.1 with Shell+2.2a on my COCO3 OS9
>>>>>LevII  system. I correctly did the IPATCH to SCF.MN and made a new
>>>>>boot  disk.  When I boot the system to OS9 everything seems fine
>>>>>and  Shell+2.2a seems  to be working.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, the 1st thing I tried to do gave me trouble. I get a not
>>>>>enough  RAM error when I try to format a floppy disk. Switching back
>>>>>to  Shell+2.1  everything works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone help me with this?
>>>>>
>>>>>Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>Isn't that the notorious case where files merged with Shell+2.1 was
>>>>JUST  below 1024X8-512?  Then when you replaced 2.1 with a larger
>>>>2.2a you  went over the 8k limit.  Sure sounds like it.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>      
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