[Coco] NitrOS-9 instant boot CoCo

[Frank Pittel]

On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 09:16:39PM -0500, Christopher Hawks wrote:
> Roger Taylor wrote:
> >At 03:46 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:
> >
> >>Roger:
> >>
> >>        The SuperIDE does that 'from the factory'. At least if you 
> >>have NitrOS9 on a CF installed by Cloud-9.
> >>
> >>        Mine takes 10 seconds to boot from the CF (loads a bunch of 
> >>stuff on startup) if I bypass the 15 second timeout that lets you 
> >>chose OS9 or DECB. Just a SuperIDE plugged into the ROM port (and a 
> >>15" LCD display).
> >
> >
> >
> >That sounds nice.  It's not really ideal to use a clunker HD anymore for 
> >the CoCo if these gadgets are available.  I say backup those drives to 
> >the PC and maybe use DriveWire once you've booted from the SuperIDE 
> >interface.
> 
> 	What??? When did I write Hard Drive (HD)??? I'm using a 
> 	_Compact_Flash_ (CF). And I don't own a (MS definition) PC!

A pc is a hardware spec. You have a pc and wisely chose to run linux
on it!!