Re: GSII boots only in PROdos

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bill Bland writes ...
> 
> >wcbland@pacifier.com (Bill Bland) wrote:
> >
> >>My GSII will only boot from the Install disk (6.0.1 disk 1), and then
> >>only into PROdos. It used to boot from the System disk (disk 2).
> 
> Thanks for the help, Supertimer, RubyWand, and Adelbert, but the
> problem worsens. :-)
> I downloaded 6.0.1 Install and System disks. The only change has been
> that, now, I can't even boot the Install disk. I get the message,
> "Can't find ProDOS."

     As a check, I downloaded the INSTALL and SYSTEM.DISK files from April 2000
GSWV (i.e from the IIgsSystem601disks/ folder at ...

http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/v2000/Apr/Archives/ ).  The
download was done using the current version of Netscape to a standard 233MHz
PC.

INSTALLsdk.bin      (downloaded size on PC is 522,514 bytes)
SYSTEMDISKsdk.bin   (downloaded size on PC is 584,088 bytes)

Note: These are .sdk ShrinkIt whole-disk 3.5" archives. The ".bin" suffix helps
to avoid corruption when downloading from an http site.

The two whole-disk archive files were transferred to our IIgs and arrived with
no change in file size.

Using 8-bit ShrinkIt v3.4, each file was unshrinked to a ProDOS formatted 3.5"
disk. (Diskettes are regular DS/DD 3.5" type.)

The ProDOS file in the main directory of each disk checked out as 1.668kB (3kB
on disk)-- so, it's the 'little ProDOS' file.

     Both diskettes booted fine on our main IIgs and on another IIgs which has
just an Apple 1MB board in the Mem Expansion Slot. The System.Disk boots to the
Finder desktop display. The Install disk boots to the installation screen.


     The System 6.0.1 disks on GS WorldView are also available on Tarnover and
(in a .zip file) on Asimov.




> I looked at P8 and it's 18K.
> I can get into Control Panel as the machine boots up, for what it's
> worth.
> What could I have done to this machine (or more likely, the Install
> and System disks) to have created this problem? On the other hand, if
> I'm using *new* disks, perhaps the problem is *not* with the disks,
> but rather with some internal ROM or RAM setting.
> I have the Applied Science (?) 1.6 MB RAM board, and a TransWarp
> Accelerator card installed.

     What is a "1.6 MB RAM board"?  Where is it installed?

     To boot System 6.0.1 you will need to have at least 1MB of IIgs Expansion
Memory installed in the Expansion Memory Slot (the special Slot near the
right-front of the motherboard).


> This problem began when I installed an Apple RAM card for a short
> time.
> Thanks again for the advice and counsel. I know I need to buy the hard
> drive add-on card, but that'll be in the future.
 ....

     If you do not have a good memory card to plug into the IIgs Expansion
Memory Slot, maybe 'the Future is Now'!



Rubywand