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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
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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).
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