Re: ProFile with //e

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <5f2ob6$skv$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Dennis Fenton <defenton@minet.gov.mb.ca> wrote:

>I just received a ProFile 5 MB hard drive and installed it in slot 5
>of my //e.
>
>What is the preferred sequence for turning on a ProFile and booting
>the //e if any?

Turn on the profile, let it spin up and do its bad block check, then turn
on the //e. No tricks involved.

>Can I boot the //e from the ProFile? I tried installing the controller
>card in slot seven and copying ProDOS to the ProFile but the computer
>still seemed to want to look in slot 6 drive 1.

You need an enhanced //e to boot from anything other than a disk II. If
you don't have the enhancement, you have to do a PR# to boot from the
Profile. If you do have the enhancement, maybe you're trying to boot
before the Profile is ready. It takes a while to come up.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
shack@frii.com