[Coco] Drivewire4

[Barry Nelson]

I just realized I sent this with the wrong subject (again). Resending with the correct subject line.

You need to have the following drivers/modules loaded:
scdwv
N
N1
N2
N… etc

You may also want to make sure you include:
Z1
Z2
Z… etc
and MIDI.

These drivers and descriptors can be found in /DD/NITROS9/6809L2/MODULES/SCF or /DD/NITROS9/6309L2/MODULES/SCF depending on wither you are running with a 6809 or 6309 CPU. These may already be loaded, depending on the boot disk you are using.
The N descriptors are used by inetd and telnet.
The Z descriptors allow you to open virtual terminal windows on your Drivewire server.
The MIDI descriptor allow you to play midi music from the Color Computer through the sound card on the Drivewire server.

I suggest running mdir first and look at what is already loaded. Then merge all the remaining descriptors you need to load into one file like this:
merge scdwv n n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 z1 z2 z3 z4 z5 midi >/dd/vser
attr /dd/vser e pe
Then you can load that and start inetd:
load /dd/vser
inetd

This disk should boot from drivewire using the becker port with all the needed modules…
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitros9/files/releases/v3.3.0/disks/nos96309l2v030300coco3_becker.dsk/download
or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitros9/files/releases/v3.3.0/disks/nos96809l2v030300coco3_becker.dsk/download

Since you are running VCC, make sure you are sunning version 1.43b with the becker port enabled.
This document covers that:
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/VCC_1.4.3b_and_DW4_Installation_Guide#Introducing_Vcc_1.4.3beta_with_Becker_Port_Support_for_DriveWire4

I have not done all of this since I don't run VCC with a Drivewire disk. I use my real CoCo 3 with Drivewire and I use VCC with the emu disk driver.

> Plt at freemail2.com plt at freemail2.com 
> Sun Sep 20 11:25:30 EDT 2015
> Hello
> 
> I read the link that you provided and I am still confused what I need to do? I have the nitro os9 boot disk and the hard drive image. The system boot up fine. Do I need to create a new boot disk because I keep getting a 221 error? If I need to create a new boot disk what drivers do I need to load and how do I create a new boot?
> 
> 
> Phil Taylor