User guide

92 Enhanced OS-9 for X86 PCAT

Installing and Configuring Enhanced OS-9

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Although RBF is the preferred file system for use with OS-9 the

convenience of using FAT file systems should be taken into

consideration when deciding how you want to setup your system.

Special Note

In the following example the IDE device for /h0 and /dd is set for IDE

primary partition four.

If the init dialog is set to /h0 the following is generated. In this case we

also have SoftStax SPF enabled.

setenv SHELL mshell; alias /dd /hc4;chd /h0 ; chx /h0/cmds;mbinstall;

ipstart;inetd <>>>/nil&;/h0/sys/startup &\n

If the init dialog is set to /dd the following is generated. In this case we

also have SPF enabled.

setenv SHELL mshell; alias /dd /hc4;chd /dd ; chx /dd/cmds;mbinstall ;

ipstart;inetd <>>>/nil&;;/dd/sys/startup &\n

In both cases the script file on hc4 in sys/startup will be executed. When

building systems this file must exist, but does not have to contain data.

The following commands suffice to create the expected directory and

file:

$ makdir /hc4/SYS

$ touch /hc4/startup

It is usually best to create the initial boot image to not use /h0. /dd

should be set for RAM disk. This will allow downloading the TAR

images. Next setup the final boot image and select /h0 as initial device

name.

Descriptors

Refer to IDE Descriptors for information on descriptor naming

conventions. The descriptors for RB1003 are located in

MWOS/OS9000/80386/PORTS/PCAT/CMDS/BOOTOBJS/DESC/RB1

003. Also the RB1003 driver is located in

MWOS/OS9000/80386/PORTS/PCAT/CMDS/BOOTOBJS.