Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: launching GS/OS without booting? Message-ID: <35104@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 28 Sep 89 21:17:06 GMT References: <1989Sep28.210706.1181@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 24 In article <1989Sep28.210706.1181@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU ( Stupid ) writes: >[Chan Wilson] wrote: >>Well, okay, they aren't quite random- I've been able to reproduce it. >>[Renamed ProDOS to Start.GS.OS, and then] I have to run >>Start.GS.OS twice in order to get into GS/OS. > >Could the problem be that it is called 'Start.GS.OS'? I use essentially >the same setup with the gs/os boot file called Boot16, and it works fine. > >- John I don't think the name of the file is causing the problem (the one originally called ProDOS in the root directory). If it works fine for you, you're "lucky" in some way (maybe it happens to work with your harware--but we don't promise the next version will). -- --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.