Re: HardPressed problems, Part Deux

[fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article <1vvt2a$phc@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:
>Regarding my problems with HardPressed:
>Andy- I _did_ read the manual.  I just re-read the section on installing
>HP.  Nowhere does it say to diable HP before using the installer.

You're absolutely right. :-(  It's off in the "compressing system files"
section.  Nuts.

>I keep getting an error message RUnable to find x.SYS16 or START file.S
>I also tried naming the application Paint.system.  Same error.  What am
>I doing wrong?

The boot stuff looks for an executable START program before HP loads.  Since
HP isn't running, it looks like an LBR, not an S16.  The best way to work
around this is to use the SetStart program, which is like 3 or 4 blocks
long.  You need SetStart (S16), SetStart.data, and the SetStart CDev (which
is used to tell SetStart what to run, but after that you don't need it).

You can get these off the system 6.x disks or the HP install disk in the
system files folder ("Start", "SetStart", and "SetStart.data").  If you
just copy Start and SetStart.data into the System folder, it will try to
execute "Finder" on startup... so if you rename the platinum paint app
to "Finder" it ought to work.

>The problems continue with HP and HyperCard GS.  This is exactly what I
>did:
[description removed]

I also got a report from GEnie... somebody got an "unable to load/unload
resource" error message.  Something is Not Quite Right here.  I would
recommend against using HCGS with HP until we figure out what's going on.

(We tested it with HCGS, honest!)

Possibly fatal easter egg: if you Open Apple-Option-click on the copyright
notice in the CDev, it SHOULD bring up the "Secret features" menu.  Somebody
on GEnie reported that it locked up their machine and they had to power off.
I haven't looked at the code yet, but it sounds like there's either a bug
or a really weird conflict with somebody's INIT.  Try it & see what happens.

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fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
[ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]