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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Oh, autobooting...
Keywords: hard drives, autobooting
Message-ID: <10150@oberon.USC.EDU>
Date: 27 Jun 88 02:49:38 GMT
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In article <18614@cornell.UUCP| blandy@cs.cornell.edu (Jim Blandy) writes:
|Could someone post a comprehensive explanation of exectly what is required
|(hardware, software, versions) to autoboot from a hard disk?  Am I correct
|in thinking that
|1) the drive controller must have a driver rom built in

Yes. 

|2) it's impossible for A1000 owners to avoid using a KickStart disk on
|   power-up (i.e. you can't put KickStart on your hard drive)

Yes. For the A1000 CBM will distribute Kick 1.2.1 on floppy.  On the A2000
and A500 a new Kickstart chip will be distributed (I as all other developers
at DeVCon got one of these). For A1000 users maybe the "Kickstart Eliminator"
could be used.  I don't know if the chip is socketed on the KE.

|3) all of this is irrelevant until 1.3 comes out - you can't autoboot
|   from ANYTHING until you have 1.3

Very true.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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