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From: blochowi@rt5.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Running GS/OS from ProDOS 8
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Date: 8 Sep 89 14:51:38 GMT
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In article <8909072228.aa14226@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> APTC1%MKVAX1@MSUS1.BITNET writes:
>Is is possible to boot up ProDOS 8 and then run GS/OS?  I can only install
>ProDOS 8 on my hard drive (from a boot up), so I'm trying to figure a way to
>simply run GSOS.  I've tried simply running the PRODOS file on the system disk,
>but no luck there.  I get a "unable to find START.GS.OS file" (or something
>like that).
	Yes, it's possible - I do it all the time. I have Nibble's SmartBoot
installed so that I can boot into either ProDOS 8 or GS/OS. When I want to run
a GS/OS application, I just execute the ProDOS file, and it works. So, there
must be something else. For example, are you setting the prefix to the disk
you're trying to boot from? I wouldn't think that would make a difference,
but ya never know... If you need to, couldn't you just use a PR#5 (or whatever
slot you're booting GS/OS from)?
	I don't understand the problem with installing GS/OS on your hard
drive. I can't imagine it's too small (you could put GS/OS even on a 5Mb HD).
What sort of hard drive and controller card do you have? I you have Apple's
Rev. C card, you should be able to use the Installer (you'll probably have to
install the Hard Drive stuff on the GS/OS 3.5" that you're booting from, and
then reboot and run the installer again - then do a complete install on the
HD). 
>aptc1%mkvax1@msus1.bitnet


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