[Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC

[Brian Blake]

I just downloaded the vhd image and it booted fine with the DOS 255
command.

Bob may right - could be a corrupt image.

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen wrote:
>
>  I am coming to the conclusion that disk 255 is not prepared properly
>>
>
> Hmm, I downloaded the VHD image recently, and it boots just fine using
> DOS255.
>
> Is it possible that your file is corrupted?
>
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen H. Fischer"
> <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:07 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC
>
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> this line in my posting was my attempt to convey that I had done that:
>>
>>  I can do a "DIR 255" and get a file listing as well as "DIR 254".
>>>>
>>>
>> I am coming to the conclusion that disk 255 is not prepared properly.
>>
>> This supplied vhd should be pulled IMHO.
>>
>> SHF
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 2:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC
>>
>>
>>  Hi Stephen,
>>>
>>> In VCC, you need to configure for using RGB DOS. Pull down the Cartridge
>>> menu, and select FD502 Config, and click the button beside RGBDOS.
>>>
>>> This will allow you to boot from the HD image with DOS255.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen H. Fischer"
>>> <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 1:21 AM
>>> Subject: [Coco] Booting the supplied NitrOS-9 HDD on VCC
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I need to mount one of my old OS-9 L-II boot disks and copy some CMDS to
>>>> a new .dsk file using the VCC emulator.
>>>>
>>>> My old floppy boot disk will of course not boot so I have been trying to
>>>> boot the supplied "Preinstalled Hard disk image Nitros9 Ver 3.2.8".
>>>>
>>>> The documentation is out of date, the instructions to just type "DOS
>>>> 255" do not work, "OK" is returned which is not OK.
>>>>
>>>> I can do a "DIR 255" and get a file listing as well as "DIR 254".
>>>>
>>>> There is a screenshot on the VCC Screenshots page so it must work.
>>>>
>>>> http://vcc.20x.cc/screenshots.html
>>>>
>>>> I need detailed instructions including what configuration changes to
>>>> make, .dsk images to  insert in addition to the "Nitros9.vhd" hard drive
>>>> image and so on.
>>>>
>>>> And what to type if it is different from "DOS 255"
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> SHF
>>>>
>>>
>>
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