Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cca!mirror!datacube!ftw
From: ftw@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard disk boot???
Message-ID: <105100039@datacube>
Date: 15 Dec 87 15:19:00 GMT
References: <624@aucs.UUCP>
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Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!ftw    Dec 15 10:19:00 1987


federico@actisb.UUCP writes:
> [The line eater was sleeping again ...]

> In article <624@aucs.UUCP> 870646c@aucs.UUCP (barry comer) writes:
> >I have a few questions for anyone using a SH204 with a Mega ST. I have a Meag2
> >with a SH204, I have being auto booting from the hard disk using HDB_V2.3, I
> >used to be able to auto boot from the floppy when the CTRL,SHIFT, and ALT.
> >keys were held down, well since I started using the Mega, the machine always
> >boots from the hard disk with the keys down or up??????????????

> I didn't know of the CTRL-SHIFT-ALT trick, but I had a problem similar
> to yours: there was no way my Mega would boot from floppy, and that
> turned out to be quite a problem when a desk accessory I had downloded
> from somewhere was turned unusable because of line noise.  My "solution"
> was not to boot from hard disk at all, which I now find better since it
> allows me to choose different configurations (desk accesories and such)
> depending on the job I'm going to do.

I have the new ("blitter") ROMs in my 1040, and have noticed the same behavior
when booting (I have a Supra disk, with their hard disk boot program
installed).  Anyone have a guess as to why?  (hello, apratt?)


> >I am also using GEMBOOT to overcome the 40 folder limit in TOS(has it been
> >fixed with the new ROMS?).

> I'm also interested on this question, and it has been already asked a couple
> of times with no visible answer.  I've never used the old ROMs, so I don't
> know what the infamous "40 folder limit" means. I've had more than 40 folders
> on my hard disk and nothing happened.  Does this mean that the problem is
> fixed? Or is it 40 folders DEEP?

Au contraire, the question has been answered here before in a definitive
manner.  That answer is: NO  The blitter ROMs do not fix the 40 folder bug.

The 40 folder bug refers to a problem where a filesystem on a hard disk or
diskette can become corrupted if more than 40 folders are accessed during
any one "session" with an ST ("session": period of use between re-boots).
A well-known workaround is the recently re-posted FOLDRXXX.PRG.  Change XXX
in the program name to the number of folders you think you're likeky to
access during any one use of the machine, and stick the program in your
\AUTO folder, and re-boot.

I have heard from other netters that this bug is due to memory not being
freed-up when you jumo into and out of folders (directories).  Correct
me if I'm wrong on that...


                                        
					
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