Re: can 6.0.1 boot on a GS floppy?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <NEWTNews.841084249.1850.dickason@dickason-pc.eng.mc.xerox.com>,
Jon Dickason  <dickason@dickason-pc.eng.mc.xerox.com> wrote:
>I'm new to my Apple IIGS and was reading a FAQ about making a minimal 6.0.1 
>boot disk. My GS has a 3.5 and a 5.25 floppy but no hard disk. Can I boot 
>OS/GS from a floppy disk?

   Yes. The 6.0.1 installer has just such an option. You won't be able
to fit all of the extras you might want at once, but it's definitely
doable.  My set of Apple II Frequently Asked Questions has a page for
what you can strip away if you really need to do so:
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/mini.601.html

Nathan Mates

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