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From: tribby@hpindda.HP.COM (David Tribby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS/OS and the Sider: HELP!
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Date: 26 Sep 88 16:14:08 GMT
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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
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