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1 <refentry id="config">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>CONFIG</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Configures an OS-9 system diskette</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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6
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>CONFIG</command>
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10 </cmdsynopsis>
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11 </refsynopsisdiv>
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12
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13 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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14
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15 <para>
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16 CONFIG provides menus of all I/O options and all system commands. You select
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17 the device drivers and commands you want to include on a new system diskette
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18 from these menus. Selecting only the device drivers and commands you and
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19 your system require lets you make the most efficient use of computer
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20 memory and system diskette storage.
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21 </para>
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22 <para>
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23 The CONFIG utility is on a separate CONFIG/BOOT Diskette. Make a copy of this
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24 diskette using the OS-9 BACKUP command and use the copy as your working
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25 diskette. Keep the original CONFIG/BOOT Diskette in a safe place to use
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26 for future backups. You can use the CONFIG/BOOT Diskette for booting OS-9
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27 from Color Disk BASIC from Drive /D0.
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28 </para>
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29 <para>
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30 CONFIG requires no initial parameters. You establish parameters during the
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31 operation of CONFIG. Be sure that the execution directory is at /D0/CMDS
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32 before executing the command.
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33 </para>
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34 <para>
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35 Examples:
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36 </para>
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37 <screen>
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38 CONFIG [ENTER]
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39 </screen>
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40 <para>
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41 CONFIG executes and a prompt asks you to indicate whether you wish to use
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42 one or two disk drives. Press [1] for single- or [2] for two-drive
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43 operation.
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44 </para>
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45 <para>
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46 Next, CONFIG builds a list of the various devices from the MODULES directory.
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47 When the list is complete, a screen menu appears. Use the up and down arrow
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48 keys to move to a device. Then, press [S] to either select or exclude a
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49 particular device. Press [S] once to display an X to the right of the
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50 selected device. Press [S] again to erase the X. The device is selected
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51 only when the "X" appears. Information about each device is available with
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52 a special help command. To display the information on the current device
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53 (the device indicated by the right arrow [->]), press [H].
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54 </para>
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55 <para>
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56 If there are more than ten devices in a CONFIG menu, use [->] to move ahead
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57 page-by-page and [<-] to move back.
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58 </para>
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59 <para>
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60 The devices you can select are:
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61 </para>
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62 <para>
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63 term32 The computer keyboard and standard TV display
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64 term80 The computer keyboard and optional 80 column video display
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65 d0 Disk Drive 0
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66 d1 Disk Drive 1
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67 d2 Disk Drive 2
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68 d3 Disk Drive 3
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69 h0_15 A 15 meg hard disk drive 0
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70 h1_15 A 15 meg hard disk drive 1
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71 h0_35 A 35 meg hard disk drive 0
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72 h1_35 A 35 meg hard disk drive 1
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73 p A printer using the RS-232 serial port
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74 t1 A terminal port using the standard RS-232 port
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75 t2 A terminal port using the optional RS-232 communications pak
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76 t3 A terminal port using the optional RS-232 communications pak
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77 m1 A modem
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78 m2 A modem
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79 ssc Speech/Sound Cartridge
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80 </para>
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81 <para>
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82 To use your computer keyboard and video display, you must select one term.
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83 You must select d0 as your first disk drive. Select d1, d2, and d3 for
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84 additional floppy disk drives. Select /p to use a printer with OS-9,
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85 select ssc to use a Speech/Sound Cartridge from a Multi-Pak slot, and
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86 so forth.
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87 </para>
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88 <para>
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89 After selecting the devices you desire, press [D]. The screen displays,
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90 ARE YOU SURE (Y/N) ? If you are satisfied with your selections, press [Y].
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91 If you wish to make further changes, press [N].
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92 </para>
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93 <para>
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94 When the driver selection is complete, a screen prompt requests that you
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95 select among the Color Computer terminal I/O subroutines. Select these
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96 subroutines in the same manner that you selected the device drivers.
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97 You have the following modules from which to make your selections:
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98 </para>
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99 <para>
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100 CO32 A video output module for a 32 column TV display
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101 CO80 A video output module for a 80 column video display
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102 GRFO A graphics module for TV display
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103 </para>
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104 <para>
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105 When choosing subroutine modules, you must select the video output module
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106 that matches the terminal module you previously selected for your console
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107 device.
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108 </para>
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109 <para>
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110 CONFIG builds a boot list from the selected devices and their associated
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111 drivers and managers. "Bootlist" is created in the ROOT directory of
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112 Drive 0. CONFIG next displays two clock options:
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113 </para>
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114 <para>
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115 1 - 60Hz (American)
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116 2 - 50Hz (European)
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117 </para>
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118 <para>
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119 If you live in the United States, Canada, or other country with 60Hz
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120 electrical power, press [1]. If you live in a country with 50Hz power,
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121 press [2].
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122 </para>
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123 <para>
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124 If you have a single disk drive, a screen prompt asks you to swap diskettes
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125 and press [C]. When asked to isnert the SOURCE diskette, insert the
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126 CONFIG/BOOT Diskette. When asked to insert the DESTINATION diskette, insert
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127 the diskette on which you wish to create the new OS-9 System.
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128 </para>
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129 <para>
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130 If you have more than one drive, a screen prompt asks you to insert a blank
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131 formatted diskette (the DESTINATION diskette) in /D1. The rest of the boot
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132 file creation is automatic.
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133 </para>
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134 <para>
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135 Following the boot file generation, a menu lets you select the commands you
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136 wish to include on your system diskette. You have the following choices:
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137 </para>
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138 <para>
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139 [N]o Commands, Stop Now - Do not add any commands
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140 [B]asic Command Set - Adds the basic OS-9 commands
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141 [F]ull COmmand Set - Add all OS-9 commands
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142 [I]ndividually Select - Select desired commands one by one
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143 [?] Receive Help - Get help on the command set
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144 </para>
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145 <para>
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146 Press [N] if you want to create a boot file, but do not wish to add any
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147 commands to the new system diskette. Use this option to create a new boot
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148 file on a diskette on which you have prefviously copied the OS-9 system.
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149 If you have only one disk drive, this procedure is quicker than using
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150 the CONFIG utility to complete the entire system transfer, as less
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151 diskette swaps are required.
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152 </para>
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153 <para>
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154 Press [B] if you wish to add a basic command set (the most commonly used
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155 commands) to your new diskette. This selection does not copy the following:
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156 </para>
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157 <para>
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158 1. Assembly language development tools, asm, debug, and edit and the
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159 DEFS directory
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160
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161 2. Timesharing utilities, tsmon, login, and the SYS/motd and
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162 SYS/password files
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163
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164 3. The system maintenance utilites, such as dsave, dcheck, and cobbler
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165 </para>
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166 <para>
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167 Press [F] to copy all of the commands (an exact copy of the standard OS-9
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168 system diskette, with a new boot file).
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169 </para>
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170 <para>
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171 Press [I] to individually select commands to copy on the new diskette. This
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172 option displays a selection similar to the device selection screen. Again,
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173 press [S] to select or exclude commands, and use the arrow keys to move
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174 among the commands in the menu. Commands marked with an X are selected. If
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175 a command does not have an X beside it, it is excluded on the new system
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176 diskette.
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177 </para>
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178 <para>
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179 If you have a multi-drive system, a prompt appears asking you to insert your
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180 OS-9 system diskette in /D0. Press the spacebar. The process finishes the
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181 CONFIG operation and returns to OS-9.
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182 </para>
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183 <para>
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184 If you have a single-drive system, you swawp diskettes during the final
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185 process. This time, the SOURCE diskette is the OS-9 System Diskette,
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186 instead of the CONFIG/BOOT Diskette. The DESTINATION diskette is the new
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187 system diskette you are creating. The number of swaps in this procedure, as
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188 well as in the boot file creation procedure, depends on the number of options
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189 you select.
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190 </para>
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191 <para>
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192 It would be quicker and easier to use BACKUP to create a system disk, use
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193 CONFIG to create a new bootfile, then delete unwanted commands. However,
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194 this process causes fragmentation of diskette space. Fragmentation results
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195 in slower diskette access, and free memory is broken into segments that
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196 might not be large enough for some OS-9 operations. CONFIG causes no
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197 fragmentation.
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198 </para>
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199 <para>
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200 The MODULES directory of the CONFIG/BOOT diskette contains all the device
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201 drivers and descriptors supported by OS-9. The filename extension
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202 describes the type of file, as noted in the following table:
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203 </para>
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204 <para>
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205 Extension Module Type
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206 .dd Device Descriptor module
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207 .dr Device Driver module
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208 .io Input/Output subroutine module
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209 .hp Help file
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210 </para>
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211 </refsect1>
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212 </refentry>
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