[Coco] I've got DriveWire 4 installed

Barry Nelson barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com
Sun May 28 13:42:53 EDT 2017


> Robert Gault robert.gault at att.net  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20I%27ve%20got%20DriveWire%204%20installed&In-Reply-To=%3C592ACEE4.4080801%40att.net%3E>
> Sun May 28 09:21:40 EDT 2017
> 
> Wayne Campbell wrote:
> > Thanks, Robert. That's done, so now how do I access my harddisk image? I
> > did a mdir and see that /h0 and emudsk are not there. I'm guessing this
> > means I have to build a custom boot?
> >
> 
> Wayne,
> 
> Yes, unfortunately there probably aren't many default .vhds for mounting on VCC which will access 
> DW4 disks nor disks for DW4 that once booted have access to the default VCC hard drives. So, you 
> will need to build a custom boot file for best/safest access to both DW drives and VCC hard drives.
> 
> There is one other thing you can try which may work but is not the best approach. :) You can merge 
> emudsk and h0 into a single file in your CMDS directory. Set the merged file for execution ex.
> attr VCCvhd e pe
> and after booting from the DW4 disk, load the merged file however it is named.
> You should then be able to read the OS-9 partition of the .vhd mounted on VCC.
> 
> Now EmuDsk and H0 will not be on the nightly build Becker disk. You will need to get those from your 
> VCC .vhd or I can send them to you. The merged file will need to be transferred to the DW4 boot disk.
> 
> I just checked and Bill Pierce at
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/the-color-computer-drivewire4-hdbdos-nitros9-starter-kit <https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/the-color-computer-drivewire4-hdbdos-nitros9-starter-kit>
> in one of the VCC .vhd drives should have both the EmuDsk and DW driver sets installed.
> 
> Robert
There is also the disk included in this file:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8RnV5G0TZFZTldacFdkRjhIWXc <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8RnV5G0TZFZTldacFdkRjhIWXc>
This is a VCC package for a Mac.

It should also be available here:

VCCEmuDisk.zip <http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Virtual%20Hard%20Drives/NitrOS-9%20L2%20V3.3.0/VCCEmuDisk.zip>
This is the disk only.

If I remember correctly, you should be able to type:
load drivewire_mods




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