[Coco] Howto for installing nitros9?

[Robert Gault]

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Tony wrote:
> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Youse" 
>>> <cyouse at serialtechnologies.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Howto for installing nitros9?
>>>
>>
>>> On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 21:22 -0400, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>>>> Title says it.  Lots of handwaving and partial explanations.  Cannot 
>>>> find
>>>> a shred of concrete information on the subject.
>>>>
>>>> SourceForge site seems to have almost nothing in terms of 
>>>> documentation.
>>>>
>>>> Where to find this?
>>>
>>> Not quite sure what you mean by "installing NitrOS-9".  There isn't much
>>> in the way of installation.. after all, it can run right out of ROM, no
>>> disk at all..
>>>
>>> Maybe you can explain what you're trying to do?
> 
>> Me thinks Steven is looking for a doc or walkthrough on setting up 
>> NitrOS9 on a hard disk.
>> Specifically, how to get his Burke&Burke HD setup. Folders on HD, 
>> bootup files, devices/descriptors
>> setup for booting NitrOS9 from the FDD and getting it to go as /dd on 
>> the hard disk, etc...
>>
>> Picture setting up a brand-new HDD setup on a CoCo3 with NitrOS9 - he 
>> needs instructions on
>> setting the whole system up in HDD.
> 
> At this point, I'd settle for simply being able to boot it!  I 
> downloaded a SSDD (180kB) 40-track image, copied it to a "real" floppy 
> from my SVD (disk simulator attached to floppy controller) and tried to 
> boot it.  It displays the startup screen, grinds away a bit and halts 
> with the drive access LED on and the disk spinning.  Never gets any 
> further.
> 
> I think I handled the obvious stuff properly:  Before trying the 
> transfer, I copied 'dmode' to my Tandy OS-9 system disk and configured 
> both the SVD and target disk drive for 40-tracks.  The backup worked 
> perfectly and verified the correct number of sectors and the resulting 
> disk reads perfectly.  The drive mechanisms I'm using are generic 5-1/4" 
> DSDD units that are certainly capable of 40-track operation.
> 
> I suspect there's some advance configuration required that I "should 
> just know to do..." (tm) :-).  But it certainly won't run out of the box.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 

Test the simplest route first. Make a real disk and see if it boots from 
your Coco. If that works, you know the image/disk is good and the 
problems relate to your SVD etc.