Re: Questions on Apple II GS startup

[ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)]

   When you go into the config control panel, look at Slots; precisely
Startup at the bottom of the screen.  Change it to read Slot 6 if it isn't
already.  Re-boot your GS (ctl-oa-reset) with a good ProDOS disk in it. It
is already set to Slot 6, then your boot disk would be suspect.  It's
cheaper to get another boot disk that to throw out the drive and get
another.

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Erik Teose (erikt@esto.cse.tek.com) wrote:

> I hope someone here can help me. I acquired an Apple II GS recently, but I
> can't get it to start up properly. It has an "Apple 5.25 Drive" connected.
> When the system starts up, there's a blue startup screen that shows it's
> an Apple II GS, and shows ROM version 3. Then the floppy drive's red lite
> comes on and the drive clunks rapidly for a bit, then it goes silent. The
> system then displays a blue screen with "Check startup device!" on it.

> My suspicion is that the floppy drive is bad. Is there any way for me to
> confirm that? I figured out how to get into the config control panel
> (CTRL-APPLE-ESC on the connected "Apple Keyboard II") but everything
> looked OK in there.