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| date | Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:08:59 +0000 |
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| 1694 | 1 *************** |
| 2 NitrOS-9 ReadMe | |
| 3 *************** | |
| 881 | 4 |
| 1694 | 5 Welcome to NitrOS-9! |
| 881 | 6 |
| 1008 | 7 DISTRIBUTION |
| 8 ============ | |
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12 included in the distribution. |
| 881 | 13 |
| 1008 | 14 USING THE DISK IMAGES |
| 15 ===================== | |
| 1694 | 16 If you wish to transfer the disk images to a floppy disk for use with a |
| 17 real CoCo, follow the steps below: | |
| 881 | 18 |
| 1008 | 19 WINDOWS/DOS: |
| 20 | |
| 1551 | 21 1. Download and install the latest version of DSKINI/RETRIEVE at |
| 22 http://www.nitros9.org/ | |
| 1008 | 23 |
| 1694 | 24 2. Insert a blank double-sided floppy in to your drive (we assume B:) |
| 881 | 25 |
| 1008 | 26 3. Type the following command, replacing the name of the image: |
| 27 | |
| 1694 | 28 DSKINI /T40 /D B: <diskimagefile> (360K 5.25" floppy disk) |
| 29 DSKINI /T80 /D B: <diskimagefile> (720K 3.5" floppy disk) | |
| 1008 | 30 |
| 31 Where <diskimagefile> is the image file you want to transfer to the | |
| 32 floppy disk. The image file transfer should start. When it is done, | |
| 33 take out the disk and try booting your CoCo with it. | |
| 34 | |
| 35 Repeat steps 2-3 for each additional disk. | |
| 881 | 36 |
| 37 | |
| 1008 | 38 LINUX: |
| 39 | |
| 40 1. Download and install the latest version of fdutils from | |
| 41 http://fdutils.linux.lu/ | |
| 881 | 42 |
| 1008 | 43 2. Once installed, edit the /usr/local/etc/mediaprm file and add the |
| 44 following lines at the end of the file: | |
| 45 | |
| 46 "COCO360": | |
| 1448 | 47 DS DD sect=18 cyl=40 ssize=256 tpi=48 |
| 48 | |
| 49 "COCO720": | |
| 50 DS DD sect=18 cyl=80 ssize=256 tpi=96 | |
| 1008 | 51 |
| 52 3. Insert your blank floppy into the drive on your Linux box. | |
| 53 | |
| 54 4. Type the following command: | |
| 881 | 55 |
| 1008 | 56 setfdprm /dev/fd1 coco360 (360K 5.25" floppy disk) |
| 1694 | 57 setfdprm /dev/fd1 coco720 (720K 3.5" floppy disk) |
| 1008 | 58 |
| 59 This assumes your floppy drive is /dev/fd1. You may need to make | |
| 60 adjustments to the above commands for your environment. | |
| 61 | |
| 62 5. After typing the setfdprm command, the floppy drive unit should spin | |
| 63 for a second then stop. Type this command: | |
| 881 | 64 |
| 1008 | 65 dd if=<diskimagefile> of=/dev/fd1 |
| 881 | 66 |
| 1008 | 67 Where <diskimagefile> is the image file you want to transfer to the |
| 68 floppy disk. The image file transfer should start. When it is done, | |
| 69 take out the disk and try booting your CoCo with it. | |
| 70 | |
| 71 Repeat steps 3-5 for each additional disk. | |
| 72 |