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From: joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AutoBooting & Seagate- HEY!!?
Summary: Yes, you can warm boot
Message-ID: <5093@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 88 04:24:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.5093
References: <57913R38@PSUVM>
Reply-To: joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <57913R38@PSUVM> R38@PSUVM.BITNET (Marc Rifkin) writes:
>Now wait a minute- is this right that since Seagate SCSI's take several
>seconds to rev-up, and since the Autoboot in KS1.3 doesn't periodically
>check the devices, that you can't autoboot from a cold power up, but
>that once both the computer and drive are ok, you CAN autoboot by
>Amiga/Vulcan key-pinch.  So, to boot from cold start, you power up,
>wait till HD boots (while watching the funny hand with disk), then
>RE-Boot. Am I right or am I not going to be able to A-boot?

You're right.

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