Re: Booting from another partion on a //gs

[Lockar <lockar@nosppam.com>]

      So how do you set up more the one GSOS versions on my partion?

      -Lockar


In article <6ifmp1l6e3tptjh0q05sgi881sq9r24r4c@4ax.com>, Mitchell
Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Zouplaz <user@domain.invalid> wrote:
> 
> lockar@nosppam.com wrote:
> >>>     I was wondering if there was a way to boot from another partion
> >>>from a hard drive?  I would like to have one partion to be 6.01 and the
> >>>other 5.04.
> >
> >aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
> >> taifun boot will allow you to choose which OS to boot from, but
> >> I don't think from other partitions...
> >> 
> >> you can setup the program to boot Prodos 8, or any version
> >> of GSOS, selectable at startup with the mouse or keyboard
> >
> >Does it provide a default choice and a selectable delay timeout (ala Lilo) ?
> 
>     TaiFunBoot allows you to startup from multiple OS's, though they all have
> to be installed on the boot partition (it does this by automatically renaming
> the ProDOS boot stub file and System folder for each additional OS).
> 
>     Yes, can select a default OS to always boot from. To change it you simply
> hold down one or more modifier keys, which you can customize, that then
> bring up a menu (you can even tell it to always come up). On my own system
> I have it set so holding down the 'Control' at boot brings up the menu.
> 
>     The menu system is GUI based (and very Amiga-like, right down to the
> mouse pointer) with 9 empty slots to add an OS listing. The default OS is
> marked in green; to boot from another you just select that entry and click
> "OK". Two other handy features are the ability to boot from slot 5 or 6 (i.e.
> floppy drive instead of the hardisk) and to toggle ProDOS 16 and GS/OS 
> system files 'on' or 'off'--all your INITs, Desk Accessories, drivers, FSTs.
> 
>     On a side note, it's worth mentioning if you have a RamFAST SCSI
> controller it offers built-in support to boot from other partitions by simply
> holding down a corresponding number key from '1' to '9'.
> 
> Mitchell Spector