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- From: dkaupp@netcom.com (Blitter)
- Subject: Re: Weird cold-boot problem...
- Message-ID: <dkauppDq3EKJ.H5w@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 04:45:55 GMT
- Sender: dkaupp@netcom23.netcom.com
-
- Mark Worden (mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca) wrote:
- : I have an A3000/030/25MHz/100MB Quantum hard drive, WB v2.1, and it is
- : soft-kicked (KickStart is in DEVS:). Recently when I first turn the
- : computer on (cold-boot), after a few seconds the screen appears and looks
- : like the old WB 1.2 screen with the blue/orange colours. It's not even
- : the full Workbench screen, but rather just the initial window that
- : appears, like a full-screen CLI with just the cursor sitting at the
- : prompt. Also, the date that appears at the top of this window is
- : 1989...
-
- : What would be causing this? This has happened a few times since I turned
- : reselection OFF on my SCSI devices (hard drive, Zip drive).
-
- : Please e-mail me with any ideas/remedies...
-
- : Thanks.
-
- Sounds like it not finding the partition with the kickstart file. If you
- set the WB_2.x priority lower than another partition (or floppy) or if it
- does not find the boot partition it can't load the kickstart file
- automatically. Try holding down both mouse buttons on coldboots or try
- changing reselection back on (not sure if that is the problem).
-
- I have mine set up like this on purpose so I can boot straight into
- Linux or Netbsd.
-
- Btw I think thats WB 1.4 its booting in with no roms.
-
- regards.
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