[Coco] DW4 error

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Sun Jun 29 22:29:01 EDT 2014


As I've mentioned to Tormod, my Coco-3 has only 128k ram, 
that's why I tried to boot NOS-9 from the 
nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw_headless.dsk image.
wanted to use the bitbanger serial port for console.
Increased the size of the screensots:
http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/29/dw4-errors/
Will delete the DW directory and start again.

Kandur

Sunday, June 29, 2014, 3:18:42 PM, you wrote:
> As Tormod pointed out, those aren't DOS disks
> and they aren't they disks
> you probably want even if trying to boot OS9. 
> One is for floppies and one
> is for disabling the coco screen and keyboard.

> I can't make out any detail on that screenshot
> but recommend rebooting your
> computer.  It looks like some how multiple
> copies of dw4 have been started
> and I doubt that is intended.  Easier to just start over.

> You may want to delete the DW directory
> entirely and start again.  Follow
> the wizard, use the right disks, etc.
> On Jun 29, 2014 5:58 PM, "Tormod Volden"
> <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Kandur wrote:
>> > Not sure, if the HDB-DOS in my Coco-3 is 'talking' with the server.
>> > http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/29/dw4-errors/
>> > With disks mounted on the server, when I type DIR on the Coco, I got an
>> IO error.

>> Well to start with, HDB-DOS can not read (DIR) the OS9 disks that I
>> see in your screenshot. It can only "BOOT" from them.
>> And if you boot the _d80 disk, it will try to load stuff from a real
>> d80 disk, not from DriveWire. You'd need the _dw disks for running
>> everything off DW.

>> The Java exception is a worse problem. Are you sure you are using the
>> latest version? Telling us which version you are using would be very
>> helpful.

>> From the backtrace in your blog it looks like you are using Windows.
>> What version?

>> Tormod

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