Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!rochester!rutgers!apple!bionet!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpindda!tribby From: tribby@hpindda.HP.COM (David Tribby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: GS/OS and the Sider: HELP! Message-ID: <6230016@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 26 Sep 88 16:14:08 GMT References: <6230015@hpindda.HP.COM> Sender: news@super.ORG Organization: HP Information Networks Group/Cupertino CA Lines: 26 For the rest of you Sider owners... The Sider works fine as a boot-up disk under GS/OS once you get the new files on it! I backed up both /HARD1 and /HARD2, copied the new system files onto /HARD1, rebooted the system, and chose "Boot into ProDOS" from the Sider menu. I breathed a lot easier when I saw the "Welcome to the IIGS" screen and the booting process completed. I guess as long as you boot from the Sider, GS/OS will recognize it. Bob Sherman: thanks for responding... > Regarding the 5.25 inch Apple drives, yes, they work just fine with > GS-OS, even the old disk II drives work, since they are the ones I am > using with GS-OS.. A look at the GS-OS documentation will explain how > to install them, and then turn them on or off at will.. That makes it > very easy when you don't need the 5.25's online, so that the finder does not > waste time checking them every time... After playing with the "installer" program, I figured out that the 5.25 drive does not come configured on the system disk, but can be easily added. Believe me, I did "look at the GS-OS documentation" and couldn't find any information on the new utilities. A friend picked up the APDA version of GS/OS at Applefest plus the Beta version of the GS/OS reference manual (volume 1). Could you tell me more specifically where to find information on how to turn the 5.25 drives on and off? (Page # would be nice.) Many thanks! --Dave Tribby - - - - - ARPA: tribby%hpda@hplabs.HP.COM UUCP: hplabs!hpda!tribby