Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Programming Boot Blocks?? Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 20:08:52 GMT References: <1991Mar31.001655.3973@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <91090.143141DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: root@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (ECN System Management) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 32 DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >I wrote a nice (I think it's nice :-) article in the first (January) >Amazing Tech describing a rather fancy bootblock. The disk with the >magazine includes a nice utility to manipulate bootblock, too. (This >could be done in AmigaMon as well). >The article also has the only *understandable* explaination of >autobooting (and related issues) that I've seen...not to toot my >own horn...:-) Gee was that articial that made a Bootblock that Mounted rad: copied df0: to rad: then booted offa rad? I could ALMOST use it. Problem i have is. 1) I must use AdMem to get my memory (It's NOT autoconfig. _ 2) I only got 1.2 roms. (Why bother getting 1.3, 2.0 should be out Soon Right?) So how hard would it be to get a bootblock that add's expansion memory., Then Copies df0: to rad: Then upon a reboot, admem's mount's rad: and Checks rad: to see if it should boot from there? ----- Just wondering how complex a Botblock could be.. :^) . -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu aka Willis F York aka Squid on IRC The only thing that Apple invented is the idea to borrow Xerox-invented ideas. (Hope THIS sig don't insult anyone!) :^)