Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!steveb
From: steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Boot blocks and such
Message-ID: <3182@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 88 16:21:04 GMT
References: <2390@crash.cts.com> <3181@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <3181@cbmvax.UUCP> steveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Steve Beats) writes:
>In article <2390@crash.cts.com> steelie@pro-charlotte.cts.com (Jim Howard) writes:
>>What would be the procedure to place for example an 8k compiled
>>program in the boot block on the amiga disk?   No, this isnt for
>>writing a virus or anything, I just would like to know the procedure
>
> [loads of junk from me that was completely off the subject]
>
>	Steve

OK, OK!  I just re-read my posting and realised that I didn't answer the
question :-(  PUTTING the program onto the boot block (and subsequent blocks)
is real easy.  Just open the trackdisk device, read your program file into
memory, write the memory out to the disk sectors.  You would have to write a
small program to do this but it's relatively simple.  I'll leave the old
(erroneous) posting though because I think it illustrates why you wouldn't
want to do this anyway.

I have a good excuse;  I found a great little bar out in the boonies last
night.  Beer was 56 cents a glass!  Strangely enough, I spent as much money
there as I would at a yuppie bar selling beer for $1.50.  Boy do I feel rough
today :-( 

	Steve