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Lockar

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Dec 9, 2005, 4:33:33 PM12/9/05
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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.

Thanks!

-Lockar

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aiia...@gmail.com

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Dec 9, 2005, 4:46:42 PM12/9/05
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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

Zouplaz

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Dec 10, 2005, 5:52:19 AM12/10/05
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Does it provide a default choice and a selectable delay timeout (ala Lilo) ?

Mitchell Spector

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Dec 10, 2005, 4:28:42 PM12/10/05
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Zouplaz <us...@domain.invalid> wrote:

loc...@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.
>

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

Lockar

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Dec 10, 2005, 6:29:05 PM12/10/05
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So how do you set up more the one GSOS versions on my partion?

-Lockar


In article <6ifmp1l6e3tptjh0q...@4ax.com>, Mitchell

Ed Eastman

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Dec 11, 2005, 3:16:17 PM12/11/05
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Lockar wrote:
> So how do you set up more the one GSOS versions on my partion?

Boot into BASIC or use a ProDOS utility to rename the system folder to
sys6 or something. Rename Prodos to GSOSLoader or something. Copy P8
from the system folder to the root and rename it ProDOS. Then boot the
OS isntaller disk and away you go.

I don't use tyfun(sp) boot, I use a BASIC program to select what I want
and it does all the renaming and etc when I make a selection. Of course
primarily I use the program to reboot a floppy disk. :) (5 for slot 5,
6 for slot 6, enter for GSOS, whatever I want.

Thankx,
Ed

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