[Coco] partial OS9 boot from hard drive (back on topic)

[Mark Marlette]

At 8/27/2005 08:50 AM, Vern Burke wrote:

Vern,

Don't recall if you bought a SCSI system or just the controller. The 
TCC512 is no longer supported because it is replaced with SuperDriver.

If you bought a drive from me then it has a nitros9 directory in the 
root with the version you are running below it. Inside of that 
directory is a script and bootlist directory that builds the boot 
disks for you. If you didn't then you are probably finding out that 
$25 isn't to bad for a drive and a free installation. :)

If you have HDB-DOS then you will be able to boot directly from the 
hard drive at powerup.

Get to the current version of NitrOS-9,SuperDriver and HDB-DOS and 
you will have no problems. If not enjoy the challenge.

Regards,

Mark




>OS is OS9 L2, the SCSI controller is a TCCC/Cloud 9 unit. The driver 
>is TCC512 and, yes, the working floppy boot contains the driver and 
>/h0 description for the hard drive. I sometimes wish for the old 
>days of my CoCo XT and the XT ROM.
>
>At the time I got mine, and as far as I know still, there is no 
>provision to boot this combination without use of a floppy, or to 
>load the boot track or os9boot from the hard drive.
>
>I certainly can just make the /dd descriptor the hard drive 
>descriptor, the problem is that the boot will not finish with /dd 
>set as working directory and /dd/cmds set as execution. The boot 
>finshes up /d0 and /d0/cmds and it's a pain in the butt because I 
>have to do a manual chd/chx to the hard drive.
>
>Vern
>
>Robert Gault wrote:
>>Vern Burke wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, we're straying way the heck off track here :). Lemme lay this out again:
>>>
>>>What I have to work with:
>>>
>>>A working hard drive and SCSI controller with no support for 
>>>booting directly from the hard drive.
>>
>>Why no support? What SCSI controller and OS? Do you just mean that 
>>you don't know how to set up OS-9 to boot from the hard drive or 
>>that your SCSI OS can't boot from the hard drive?
>>
>>>
>>>A working OS9 boot floppy with /dd and /d0 as the floppy and /h0 
>>>as the hard drive.
>>
>>Does this working floppy contain a hard disk driver (hdisk) in the 
>>os9boot file?
>>
>>>
>>>All the standard disk manipulation tools (ezgen/etc, ded)
>>>
>>>The goal:
>>>
>>>Boot from floppy and finish with the hard drive as /dd, the 
>>>working directory set to /dd, and the execution directory set to /dd/cmds.
>>
>>Just change /dd so that it is the hard drive. There should be 
>>substitute /dd modules on the NitrOS-9 80T disk or 40T disk 2 for this purpose.
>>
>>>
>>>I will not/can not:
>>>
>>>Rewrite BOOT or any other module (I can patch where required, not 
>>>a programmer).
>>>
>>>Buy an RS-BASIC replacement.
>>
>>Meaning what? Again, what disk OS is in use with your hard drive system?
>>
>>>
>>>How do I get there from here? :)
>>>
>>>Vern
>
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