[Oberon] Re: AW: bluebottle boot-floppy-disk

[Pieter Muller]

Christoph Stamm wrote:

>Thanks for your answers. There are still some problems:
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>When I'm using Partitions.UpdateBootFile bluebottle returns: Diskette0#0
>is not Oberon-formatted, update unsuccessful.
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>How do I create an Oberon-formatted diskette?
>
See Partitions.Tool

Partitions.Format dev#part [ AosFS|NatFS [ FSRes [ Native.Bin ] ] ] ~

Aos.Tool has an example:

Partitions.Format SYS:AosCD.Dsk#0 AosFS 700 AOS:AosCD.Bin ~ (boot file 
reserve size must be multiple of 4)

This is formatting a virtual disk.  Replace SYS:AosCD.Dsk#0 with 
"Diskette0#0" to format a diskette.  AOS:AosCD.Bin is the boot file.

>These two steps don't help.
>1. Backup.Format\H (is not implemented in bluebottle, I'm using native
>oberon)
>2. With Backup.InitOberon Label
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This formats a "Backup" disk, which is not bootable.

>At the moment I'm booting bluebottle from a CD. Is it possible to use
>the CD to boot and then to run the version installed on my disk
>(CD-usage instead of floppy-usage for booting purposes)?
>
Yes.  The commands under the heading "-- Installation image for bootable 
CD --" in Aos.Tool shows how the CD image is generated.  The 
Partitions.SetConfig command at the end contains BootVol definitions 
that specify volumes to be mounted at boot time.  You could create a 
boot CD that additionally mounts a hard disk partition.  Booting from a 
floppy might be simpler, since it is possible to write a boot floppy 
from within Aos.

>What is the e-mail address of the oberon mailing list?
>
oberon at inf.ethz.ch

See http://www.lists.inf.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/oberon for 
subscription information.

cheers
-- Pieter

>Cheers
>Christoph
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Pieter Muller [mailto:pieter.muller at alumni.ethz.ch] 
>Gesendet: Samstag, 22. März 2003 17:57
>An: stamm at xeraina.ch
>Betreff: Re: bluebottle boot-floppy-disk
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>
>Hi Christoph
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>>I'm trying to install and boot bluebottle since several weeks. 
>>Unfortunately, I didn't succeed.
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>Subscribe to the oberon mailing list and ask there also.  There are more
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>people with bluebottle experience, and they may be able to reply quicker
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>than me ;-)
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>>I've reserved an extended partiton above the 8 Gbyte border for 
>>bluebottle. I've formated the partition for aos and I've copied all 
>>necessary files to the partiton.
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>The bluebottle boot loader can only load the boot file from below 8GB.
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>>Now, I want to boot bluebottle.
>>Is it possible at all? 
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>Yes, if you store the boot file on a diskette or CD.
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>Have you tried booting it from a CD?
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>>Can I use the boot manager LILO from linux?
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>The 8GB limit is in OBL, the bluebottle/Native Oberon boot loader, so 
>using LILO won't help.
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>>Or should I use a bootable floppy disk?
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>Yes, this could help.  You can write the bluebottle boot file to a 
>floppy using Partitions.UpdateBootFile.
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>>I've already tried to create a bootle floppy, but I didn't succeed.
>>What type of floppy should I use? 
>>Do I have to format the floppy? 
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>Yes, 1.44MB.
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>>Do I have to copy the file AOSIDE.bin to the floppy or just to the 
>>bluebottle partition?
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>To the floppy, using Partitions.UpdateBootFile.
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>cheers
>
>-- Pieter
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