Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!aftermath!ljdickey
From: ljdickey@aftermath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey)
Subject: Re: OS in ROM/RAM & viruses (was: Re: TOS 2.0)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 14:17:10 GMT
Message-ID: <1990Nov20.141710.20717@aftermath.waterloo.edu>
References: <1990Nov06.213749.13906@ecst.csuchico.edu> <mboen.658534305@peun33> <SUHONEN.90Nov14122549@tukki.jyu.fi> <1990Nov14.140643.15703@cs.utk.edu> <2744@atari.UUCP>
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In article <2744@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
 | A "bootable" floppy is one with an executable boot sector (checksum
 | $1234).  If you have a "bootable" floppy in the drive, the boot sector
 | will be executed before the hard disk is hit.  [...]

I am curious about the search path during boot up.
Am I right that it goes something like this:

	A: [boot.sector]
	C:\something.SYS
	A:\AUTO\something.PRG

Lee Dickey