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From: rodger@hpdml93.HP.COM (rodger anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Loading Workbench from the Hard Drive
Message-ID: <380001@hpdml93.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Jun 88 07:44:09 GMT
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Organization: HP Disc Memory Division R&D - Boise, ID
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>/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) / 11:04 am  Jun 24, 1988 /
>Okay, I know that this has been answered before, but what is the magic
>sequence required to boot a hard drive system and load Workbench from
>the hard drive?  What I want to do is have the floppy sequence be as
>short as possible.  Currently, the startup-sequence on df0: is:

>system/FastMemFirst
>BindDrivers
cd ram: ; You need this here for the execute command.
>execute dh2:s/startup-sequence


>dh2:s/startup-sequence:

>cd dh2:
^^^^^^^ take this out, stay in ram.
>execute dh2:s/startup-assigns
>setmap usa1
>dmouse
>rslclock
>Loadwb
>shell from s:shell-startup

When you use the dos execute command, it creates a file in :T called
command-.  If this is is on the floppy, it slows things
down as the script is read from the floppy.  If this is from the
hard disk, you may have the problems you describe.

>When the script gets to the loadwb command I get a requestor telling
>me that the disk isn't validated yet, and of course, the disk
>validator is running (for about 10 -15 minutes - 40 meg disk).  After
>the validator finishes, workbench loads and the script completes.

>How do I get this script to work without having the validator hold
>things up forever.  It doesn't happen if I just boot the cli and
>shell, or if the loadwb command is located before all the assigns to
>the hard disk (ie it is loaded from the boot floppy.)
I have heard you can also use newcli instead of execute, and eliminate
the creation of a temporary file, but I haven't tried this yet.

>Thanks,
Your welcome.

>Mark Huth
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Rodger Anderson (rodger@hpdml93)