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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS manuals
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Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 17:51:42 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  1 17:51:42 1986
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Summary: Must be in same directory

> and was off an running.  Note that the final disk that worked didn't
> have any subdirectories at all -- just the ProDos file, the Basic.System
> file, and any Basic program named Startup.  My guess is that the file

The system program has to be in the root directory.  Later you can
change the prefix and run a system program out of any directory
but the first one has to be in the root with the Prodos file.  Prodos
has no way of knowing about the location of other files unless you
tell it, so it starts out in the root directory.  If you are using   
Basic you can change directories using the 'Prefix' command, but to
use Basic its system program must be.  Sounds like a catch 22 but it
makes sense if you follow the steps Prodos takes on booting up.  This
is all Prodos 8, can you install your working startup system on a 
Prodos 16 disk and make it work?  I understand the startup procedure
is slightly different, but I don't know what steps it takes.

Rick Fincher