[Coco] os-9

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mark Ormond <markormond at mtxsystems.com> wrote:
> I thought that backup would only do single sided/35 tracks.
> Nitros is double sided 40 tracks.
>

that may be true, I don't know.  if you could find a utility for OS9
that just copies sectors the way that BACKUP does, it should work
fine.  alternately, it seems this would be a very simple program to
write.

> I hooked up a OLD, 5.25" Full height world storage technology to my sons computer today. (Mine is sadly lacking and floppy controller.)
> And used the Coco Floppy disk utility to write out the images.
>
> This is working just fine, but I can't seem to boot nitros on a coco2 over drivewire. I'm trying to use the image named.
>
> nos96809l1v030209coco2_dw3.dsk
>
> It's starts to boot with the Nitros9 Boot message, and never gets any farther. I can load all the hbdos games I want just fine, so I don't think it's the cable.

Something could be wrong with the nightly builds (assuming that's
where you got the disk).  It isn't very common that someone uses L1 on
coco 2.  I don't have one here to try, maybe someone on the list does,
or has a known working disk to share.  Sorry I can't be more help.

>
> Later,
> dabone
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 12:03 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] os-9
>
> You can use the method I suggested with DW4, or use Robert's technique
> with drivewire 3 (or 4).
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Mark Ormond <markormond at mtxsystems.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I convinced him to take a double sided drive installed in the
>> Fd500 enclosure, (So he can remove it and go back to original.)
>>
>> Now my question is how do I copy os9/nitro os to real floppies after booting the os from drivewire?
>>
>> Later,
>> dabone
>>
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