Re: Strange IIgs error

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Noah Sager writes ...
> 
> Jon Bettencourt wrote:
> >
> > In article <20000901171419.02707.00002113@ng-fi1.aol.com>,
> > ljsilicon@aol.comSpamSUX (R.A.Guy) wrote:
> >
> > > Noah wrote...
> > >
> > > >It is my understanding that all you need to boot a IIgs is a properly
> > > >formatted disk with "PRODOS" and "BASIC.SYSTEM" on it.
> > >
> > > Is it really ProDOS that you have on the disk. If you took the file
> > PRODOS from
> > > a GS system disk; that ain't what it is!
> >
> > Yes, but if he took it from there, it would say "CANNOT LOAD START.GS.OS"
> > or something like that, not "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS."
> 
> Let's get this straight:
> 
> When I took the "PRODOS" file from a GS system disk I used
> to get the START.GS.OS error, but then
> I messed around with some files and now I get
> the "UNABLE TO LOAD PRODOS" error. My disk drive
> shows no indication of failure and I cleaned
> it yesterday, so that is not the problem.
> 
> I try to minimize problems by using a ProDOS
> partition I made when I formatted my hard drive.
> 
 ....

     The partition you boot on a hard disk (ZIP disk, etc.) has to be the first
partition created on that particular device. If your PRODOS file is in some other
partition it will not be available during booting.

     The PRODOS file you get from a GS System disk should be the P8 file (in the
System/ folder).  Once the P8 file is copied to the boot partition it should be
renamed to "PRODOS".


> 
> BTW, many of the links to disk images in the FAQ
> are broken. How can I get them?
> 
 ....

     If a link ( at http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs4MAJORSITES.html ) is
labeled "(down)", it probably will not work.  Most of the disk image sources are
currently on-line and working. The Asimov sites are down except for Asiomv-East.



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