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From: mithelen@vpnet.chi.il.us (Paul Jerkatis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: New user to OS9 wants help, tips, etc...
Message-ID: <2724c13c-de.1comp.os.os9-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 24 Oct 90 01:55:03 GMT
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>Author: [Paul T. Barton]
>
> I have tried doing:
>MDIR > /D1/TEMP ( then edit the file so that the names are in a single colum
n)
>OS9GEN /D2 < /D1/TEMP
>  But it doesn't work, Oh, well it's only Monday yet, and

Welp, your on the right track, os9gen takes the names of the files it will
put into the boot file from standard input. What you need to do though, is
to have all the modules you want in you bootlist saved to disk, as this is
where os9gen looks for the names supplied. What you want to do is make
a "MODULES" directory where you can save all the modules for the bootfile
(device descriptors/drivers, managers, and system modules, ect)

then create a "bootlist" file with the names of all the modules you want
included in your bootfile. Make sure you include the "escentials" of the
operating system (do an ident of your original os9boot)

Then all you have to do is like you typed above:
(chd /d0/modules)
os9gen /d2 < bootlist

(assuming you placed the "bootlist" file in the modules dir)

Remember that os9gen will look in either the current data dir if a
full pathname is not included for each module in the bootlist file...

Welp, hope this helps (hope I haven't totally confused ya now 8-)
--
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