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From: bobw@hpsad.HP.COM (Bob Waltenspiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: booting from floppy
Message-ID: <750037@hpsad.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 89 01:03:02 GMT
References: <101870@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Div - Rohnert Park, CA
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>According to the manual, if I depress Ctrl/Shift/Alt while booting, the
>computer will boot from the floppy instead of autobooting from the
>hard-drive.  I have a copy of ICDBOOT.prg in A:\AUTO folder but not in
>C:\AUTO as instructed in the docs.

This works for me.  Are you sure the docs say to put icdboot.prg in the 
AUTO folder on A:?  When I want to boot from floppy, I don't care to 
have access to the hard disc, so I don't have it on my A:.  Holding C/S/A
will boot from the floppy, not holding will autoboot from the hard disc.

>I have tried all combinations of softboot/hardboot, wait till the floppy
>lite comes on and goes off, and so on as recommended in the ICD docs
>that I got with the kit...and all I get is the default ROM desktop.
>It doesn't autoboot from the hard-drive, but it doesn't read the floppy
>either, it just comes up with the ROM 2-icon desktop.

Have you saved a different desktop on your A:?  Make sure your computer is
turned completely off.  I've noticed funny stuff when touching the reset
button when Ihave the ICD hard driver stuff loaded.  It seems to boot from
the hard disc much faster.

>Thanx for any replies.
>james parker
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Your welcome.  Hope this helps.

-Bob

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