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From: billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Caution about OpenDevice() and tasks
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Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 12:19:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 14 12:19:50 1987
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>...OpenDevice() can be used safely to open a disk-resident device...only 
>from AmigaDOS processes, not from plain exec tasks.

Really?  Arrrrgh!  I'm running into more and more problems trying to make a
self-booting, stand-alone application.  I want it to boot without having to
load AmigaDOS first. (Like the EA games)  Now, I know how to write my own boot
code, but if I can't call DOS routines or Exec routines that depend on DOS
without being a DOS task, it sounds sortof hopeless.  Still, it's being done.

Anyone care to speculate on how the games self-boot and what would be a nice
way to do it myself?  

Since I'm not using DOS files I'm already going to have to write my own
loader... (no huge job, I know, but still...)

Bill Kelly   {akgua, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax}!crash!pnet01!billk