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From: thaanuj@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (John Thaanum)
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Subject: booting from hard disk
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Date: 6 Mar 91 20:58:49 GMT
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I just got my syquest w/advantage+ system hooked up and running well.  I
have one small problem, though.  It **never** boots correctly the first time.
After a long wait, I get on of the following:

   floppy turned on:  desktop with just a: and b: icons
   floppy turned off: blank desktop with just a menu bar 

When I hit reset, it boots from c: just fine and desktop appears exactly
the way I want it.

This isn't a horrible problem, but for all the dough I just shelled out, I
want it to boot on the first try on powerup.

Other info:  Old 520ST w/TOS 1.4.  (Almost) empty auto folder on c:  (all I
have is UIS III since memory is a little tight right now).

If this is normal and expected, or wierd and a sign of trouble, please let
me know.

Thanks in advance,
John Thaanum       thaanuj@prism.cs.orst.edu