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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sunday, 19 May 1991 23:18:49 EDT
From: <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Message-ID: <91139.231849DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Dan Babcock, FastBoot doesn't work under 2.0
References:  <drbit.0012@phobos.UUCP>

In article <drbit.0012@phobos.UUCP>, drbit@phobos.UUCP (Jorgen Kjaersgaard)
says:

>    Yo Dan!

>    I have experienced two significant problems with your FastBoot bootblock
>program distributed in AC's TECH premiere issue.

>1> When FastBoot is used under KickStart 1.3, B.A.D. doesn't work on any
>   devices

Strange! Maybe the code in BAD that scans the device tables (on either
the exec or dos level) is buggy...

>2> It doesn't work at all under 2.0 (version 36.314). When the Amiga tries
>   to boot from "WB" it pops up a requestor saying: "Not a DOS disk in
>   device WB"

I believe it works properly under the final kickstart (37.166).


>    - Jorgen Kjaersgaard

-- Dan Babcock