Re: IIGS booting options

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"witchy" <witchy@binarydinosaurs!co!uk> wrote in message
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> You are in an empty room with Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>.
> There's a rock in the middle with "Y2" written on. A hollow voice
> says:
>
> >witchy wrote:
> >
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> Been reading the GS messages on here and so far nobody's touched on my
> >> question.....I've got 2 GS' now, one signed by the man himself (not
> >> the 'signature' edition - a proper sig, it's also dedicated to the
> >> previous owner) and one boxed one, both of which I'm particularly
> >> pleased with.
> >> However, I've eventually got my paws on the 5 1/4" drive to go with
> >> it, but because my main machine is a PC (sorry) I'm having to rely on
> >> 800K images to get me going. Can I use the 800K external floppy from
> >> the Mac Plus or do I need the GS 3 1/2" floppy?
> >
> >The 800K drive from a Mac works with the IIgs, just make sure it's
> >attached first to the disk drive port.
>
> Hi Roy,
>
> Hmm. That's what I thought, but got no joy with booting the INSTALL
> disk image...of course I'm making the assumption that that's the one
> to use first! I know the external floppy works on a Mac......is there
> a setup key sequence I can use at boot time?
>
> cheers
>

The Mac Disk without the eject button will not work. I have tried
one on my IIgs and it wouldn't even see the drive.

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