11 May 2010, 11:51 | #1 |
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How to boot A1200HD with WB floppy?
Hi all
I have an A1200 which I have recently fitted a laptop HD to, and installed WB3.1 on. I am going through all my old stuff and some downloaded stuff and now have a problem. The issue is with Pinball Brain Damage demo. I installed it in Work:PinBD , but when I tried to run it, it is looking for the directory Work:PinballBD, which is now actually Work:PinBD\PinballBD\ As it reboots the system to set itself up, it is not finding the directory (and I have tried typing it in at the prompt) and is getting stuck on the blank AmigaDOS screen. If I use my Working WB floppy, of course it tries to allow the HD to boot first, which it can't, due to the PinballBD thing. I don't want to have to reformat and install my HD, and all the commands I've tried have not been recognised (it's 12 years since I used my A1200 for anything other than Galaga). Is there a way to force the A1200 to boot from the WB floppy, without using the HD? TiA JohnnyD |
11 May 2010, 12:06 | #2 |
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hold both mouse buttons down then choose which boot device you want
though why your HD has higher priority than the df0/floppy drive is a pain but can be sorted |
11 May 2010, 16:06 | #3 |
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11 May 2010, 17:22 | #4 |
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Okay, thanks, guys
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PS: didnt knew you could assign a folder this way - i thought only devices - like work: . |
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13 May 2010, 10:08 | #6 |
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...bloody PCs...
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13 May 2010, 15:57 | #7 |
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It's sorted now, anyway guys - so thanks for that.
Couldn't even run it afterwards, as I didn't have the RAM - luckily my Blizzard 020/4 arrived today but turned out it was just a demo in any case - so not even worth the hassle JD |
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