[Coco] NitrOS9 boot problems

[Alex Evans]

The funny thing is: so far as I know I didn't change anything after
the last time I successfully booted the system. I guess it is due to
some file system corruption that occurred.
Thanks!

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:48 AM Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:35 AM Alex Evans wrote:
> >
> > I have a previously working boot on my SuperIDE that has stopped
> > working. It starts up, then shows:
> > A list of modules as they are loaded. After Clock2 it shows i2xto*W
> > and NITROS9 BOOT FAILED
> >  What error code is indicated, I know that it has previously been
> > posted how to figure this out.
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> When you see an error like "*W" you must take the ASCII value of W and
> add 128 to get the error number, so 87 + 128 = 215. On a working
> system you can run "error 215" to see what it means.
>
> 215 in hexadecimal is $D7, and
> https://nitros9.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php/System_Error_Codes says
> this is "BAD PATHNAME".
>
> The references here are useful:
> https://nitros9.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php/The_NitrOS-9_Boot_Process_Explained
>
> In your case, it seems it reaches "o" - opening the console. Maybe the
> terminal name specified in your init module is not correct? Or is not
> found in the boot file, although I would have expected "PATH NAME NOT
> FOUND" in that case, not sure.
>
> Maybe you can tell us what you have changed since last successful
> boot, how you have regenerated the boot file etc.
>
> Regards,
> Tormod
>
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