Purple Boot Screen?

Christian · 22 May 2007, 15:10

Hi, sorry if this is a daft question. Is there an easy way of seeing the purple insert disk screen on an Amiga 1200 that has a harddrive installed?

Thanks all

keropi · 22 May 2007, 15:12

yes, delete the OS on the HD, or most easily, enter early startup menu (hold both mouse buttons on boot) and disable the HD boot partition...
I would go the early startup menu route

Christian · 22 May 2007, 15:16

Lol - yes I've tried that but it just brings up "No disk present in device DF0"

ppill · 22 May 2007, 17:35

NoIDE stops the IDE port from initializing during boot time. So you should be left with just the boot screen.

But why?

Zetr0 · 22 May 2007, 17:43

you could make a swtich to the 5volt line on the ide device... with this turned off the drive wont report its there (the amiga ide is not smart enough to figure out through line grounding) so it should just plop to the ever wonderfull disk loading screen.

then turn the switch back on and ctrl+amiga+amiga and bootie from the hard-diskie!

Arnie · 22 May 2007, 17:53

You could take a screenshot of the bootscreen then use a program like picboot? (i think that`s the name) and edit the startup-sequence.

Zetr0 · 22 May 2007, 17:57

I used to use bump-progress wich you can get from aminet

i even had a windows 98 pic booting with a progress bar underneath it LOL

Christian · 22 May 2007, 18:20

Great, thanks guys

No real reason for it .. just a friend of mine saw my Amiga and was wondering where the old boot screen had gone. I explained that as far as I know having a harddrive plugged in stopped it appearing. I just thought that perhaps there was a "hold key while reset" type of thing.

Obviously not though

Thanks again.

cybernoid · 25 May 2007, 22:44

I tried some bootpic, but my amiga 040 25mhz boots so fast (4sec) that i hardly see the pic. I wonder how fast does an amiga boots with a 68060... Should be annoyingly amazingly!

billy · 26 May 2007, 00:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybernoid

I tried some bootpic, but my amiga 040 25mhz boots so fast (4sec) that i hardly see the pic. I wonder how fast does an amiga boots with a 68060... Should be annoyingly amazingly!

Wait
Format: Wait Time/N SEC=SECS/S MIN=MINS/S UNTIL/K
Purpose: Wait for a specified period of time
Example: Wait Until 12:00

I know... but you'd be able to see the boot pic.

Zetr0 · 26 May 2007, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybernoid

I tried some bootpic, but my amiga 040 25mhz boots so fast (4sec) that i hardly see the pic. I wonder how fast does an amiga boots with a 68060... Should be annoyingly amazingly!

it most certainly is.... untill you install Pro-Page 3.0 with all the added extras LOL...

Honnestly though its not noticably faster than the 040, this is down to the IDE being somewhat what SLOW LOL... I am yet to try my 060 on U2W SCSI mmmmm looking real forward to that!

billy · 26 May 2007, 04:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

Honnestly though its not noticably faster than the 040, this is down to the IDE being somewhat what SLOW LOL... I am yet to try my 060 on U2W SCSI mmmmm looking real forward to that!

Honestly Zetr0 I'm going to live vicariously through you on that one... I'm 1200 miles from my 4000T|060/200 with UW SCSI. Let me know how it goes.

Zetr0 · 26 May 2007, 20:00

@billy

nost certainly ... i may even postie a sys-info of disk access

22 May 2007, 15:10	#1
Christian Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gloucestershire Age: 51 Posts: 218	Purple Boot Screen? Hi, sorry if this is a daft question. Is there an easy way of seeing the purple insert disk screen on an Amiga 1200 that has a harddrive installed? Thanks all

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22 May 2007, 15:12	#2
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	yes, delete the OS on the HD, or most easily, enter early startup menu (hold both mouse buttons on boot) and disable the HD boot partition... I would go the early startup menu route

22 May 2007, 15:16	#3
Christian Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gloucestershire Age: 51 Posts: 218	Lol - yes I've tried that but it just brings up "No disk present in device DF0"

22 May 2007, 17:35	#4
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	NoIDE stops the IDE port from initializing during boot time. So you should be left with just the boot screen. But why?

22 May 2007, 17:43	#5
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	you could make a swtich to the 5volt line on the ide device... with this turned off the drive wont report its there (the amiga ide is not smart enough to figure out through line grounding) so it should just plop to the ever wonderfull disk loading screen. then turn the switch back on and ctrl+amiga+amiga and bootie from the hard-diskie!

22 May 2007, 17:53	#6
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	You could take a screenshot of the bootscreen then use a program like picboot? (i think that`s the name) and edit the startup-sequence.

22 May 2007, 17:57	#7
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I used to use bump-progress wich you can get from aminet i even had a windows 98 pic booting with a progress bar underneath it LOL

22 May 2007, 18:20	#8
Christian Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gloucestershire Age: 51 Posts: 218	Great, thanks guys No real reason for it .. just a friend of mine saw my Amiga and was wondering where the old boot screen had gone. I explained that as far as I know having a harddrive plugged in stopped it appearing. I just thought that perhaps there was a "hold key while reset" type of thing. Obviously not though Thanks again.

25 May 2007, 22:44	#9
cybernoid Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 135	I tried some bootpic, but my amiga 040 25mhz boots so fast (4sec) that i hardly see the pic. I wonder how fast does an amiga boots with a 68060... Should be annoyingly amazingly!

26 May 2007, 20:00	#13
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@billy nost certainly ... i may even postie a sys-info of disk access

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