User guide

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Installing and Configuring Enhanced OS-9
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the target, from the windows host computer. For example, select run
from the Windows start menu and type telnet OS9test . Login as super
with the password user .
Preparing the Hard Disk
The newly created boot floppy may be used to format a local hard disk
with the OS-9 file system. A network connection between the OS-9
target machine and the Windows host computer may be used to load
the OS-9 system files onto the hard disk. This section assumes that:
• You have built a boot floppy, with networking enabled, as described
in the previous section.
• You have added a hard disk to your target machine and have used
the BIOS setup to configure the disk as the primary or master drive.
• You have a network connection between the Windows host
computer and the OS-9 target system.
These instructions step you through copying OS-9 system files to your
hard disk. The section, Finishing the Hard Disk Configuration,
discusses the final steps for making the disk bootable.
NoteNote
The following instructions assume a minimal configuration with limited
disk space (less than 4MB). If additional disk space is available, then
you may wish to download mw86.tar in place of mw86sm.tar. mw86.tar
includes the full command set and descriptors.
Step 1. Boot the target system, using the floppy made in the previous section.
Step 2. Run fdisk from the OS-9 console.
$ fdisk -d=/hcfmt -e
• Create OS-9000 type partition.
• Make sure the partition is set to active.