Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!lcs From: lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: RE: 1581 Bootmaker Problem -- SOLVED!! Keywords: IMPORTANT, ALL PLEASE READ! Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 91 20:17:17 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 48 First, let me thank everyone that helped me with this problem. I greatly appreciate your assistance. (This happens to be the second time writing this post, since I was cut-off while writing this the first time). As you can tell, I have solved the problem with RUN's 1581 Bootmaker program on the GEOS Companion disk and on Q-Link. Originally, when I first had this problem (I booted GEOS on the 1581 disk, but the system crashed after completely booting, reporting a system error messge), I attributed it to GEOWIZARD. So I removed the autoexec file off the bootdisk and rebooted. However, this didn't solve the problem. After talking with a number of people from this newsgroup and with Tim Walsh of RUN Magazine, I tried numerous times to recreate a 1581 bootdisk, with no success. Just today, I decided to give it one more try. I booted GEOS off my 1571 disk. Strangely during boot, GEOWIZARD reported that it couldn't install itself since there wasn't enough memory in the REU (which was not the case, but apparently it made a mistake). At that moment I realized that having GEOWIZARD installed could be the cause of my troubles. Leaving it uninstalled, I went ahead and created a 1581 bootdisk. Sure enough I was able to boot GEOS off this new bootdisk without ANY problems! GEOWIZARD makes some modifications to GEOS that are not properly handled by the 1581 bootmaker (128 version). Please make a note of this incompatibilty. GEOWIZARD will work fine AFTER you have created the new bootdisk. It autoexecs upon boot without problems. HOWEVER, in order to use the 1581 bootmaker, you CANNOT have GEOWIZARD installed! I was lucky that this finally worked. My 1571 disk drive is VERY close to going out of alignment (AGAIN!). It might not have been able to boot GEOS another time. Thanks again for all the help. :) (very happy) Lyle lcs@remus.rutgers.edu -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :) :( :> :< :] :[ ;) :| :? :} :{ :* :^) :^( :+ :-) :\ :/ :! :$ :' :@ :O :# :<> l c s @ r e m u s . r u t g e r s . e d u ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everything stated or expressed in this post is strictly my opinion or viewpoint Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com