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Article #17653Re: booting from hard disk
From: George Reimer
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 17:20
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 17:20
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In article <1991Mar06.205849.23089@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> thaanuj@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (John Thaanum) writes:
>I just got my syquest w/advantage+ system hooked up and running well. I
>have one small problem, though. It **never** boots correctly the first time.
>After a long wait, I get on of the following:
>
> floppy turned on: desktop with just a: and b: icons
> floppy turned off: blank desktop with just a menu bar
>
>When I hit reset, it boots from c: just fine and desktop appears exactly
>the way I want it.
>
On our supra system we must turn on the hard drive first and let it
come up to speed ( 1-2 seconds ) before energizing the ST. Other wise
if the ST checks it's hard disk port and finds nothing there .
--
"I almost think that in certain cases yes, and in others, no....."
George egroeG
Reimer remieR
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!electro.com!george From: george@electro.com (George Reimer) Subject: Re: booting from hard disk Message-ID: <1991Mar8.172039.1860@electro.com> Reply-To: george@electro.UUCP (George Reimer) Organization: Electrohome Ltd., Kitchener, ON References: <1991Mar06.205849.23089@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Distribution: na Date: Fri, 8 Mar 91 17:20:39 GMT