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From: parker@vlsic2 (James Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: booting from floppy
Keywords: boot, hard-drive, ICD
Message-ID: <101870@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>
Date: 12 Dec 89 03:30:35 GMT
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Boot from floppy with ICDBOOT software

I am having a problem trying to boot from the floppy disk while 
using the latest (at least I think the latest, less than 2 mths old)
ICDBOOT software with my hard drive.

According to the manual, if I depress Ctrl/Shift/Alt while booting, the
computer will boot from the floppy instead of autobooting from the
hard-drive.  I have a copy of ICDBOOT.prg in A:\AUTO folder but not in
C:\AUTO as instructed in the docs.

Well....no luck.
I have tried all combinations of softboot/hardboot, wait till the floppy
lite comes on and goes off, and so on as recommended in the ICD docs
that I got with the kit...and all I get is the default ROM desktop.
It doesn't autoboot from the hard-drive, but it doesn't read the floppy
either, it just comes up with the ROM 2-icon desktop.

The whole point was so I could boot from floppy on those rare occasions when
I wanted to use a GDOS application.  I have a stock 1040ST with TOS 1.4.
Can anyone shed any light on this situation?  (And I don't mean get G+PLUS!).

Thanx for any replies.

james parker