Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!actisb!federico From: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Hard disk boot??? Message-ID: <122@actisb.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 87 19:34:12 GMT References: <624@aucs.UUCP> Reply-To: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz) Organization: Actis in Berlin GmbH, W. Germany Lines: 39 Keywords: Hard disk, GEMBOOT [The line eater was sleeping again ...] In article <624@aucs.UUCP> 870646c@aucs.UUCP (barry comer) writes: >I have a few questions for anyone using a SH204 with a Mega ST. I have a Meag2 >with a SH204, I have being auto booting from the hard disk using HDB_V2.3, I >used to be able to auto boot from the floppy when the CTRL,SHIFT, and ALT. >keys were held down, well since I started using the Mega, the machine always >boots from the hard disk with the keys down or up?????????????? I didn't know of the CTRL-SHIFT-ALT trick, but I had a problem similar to yours: there was no way my Mega would boot from floppy, and that turned out to be quite a problem when a desk accessory I had downloded from somewhere was turned unusable because of line noise. My "solution" was not to boot from hard disk at all, which I now find better since it allows me to choose different configurations (desk accesories and such) depending on the job I'm going to do. >I am also using GEMBOOT to overcome the 40 folder limit in TOS(has it been >fixed with the new ROMS?). I'm also interested on this question, and it has been already asked a couple of times with no visible answer. I've never used the old ROMs, so I don't know what the infamous "40 folder limit" means. I've had more than 40 folders on my hard disk and nothing happened. Does this mean that the problem is fixed? Or is it 40 folders DEEP? /////// //____ // Federico // // // __ // // / / // /////// UUCP: ...!mcvax!unido!tub!actisb BIX: fheinz