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PRODUCTION
WBCDBoot Version 1.03 By Jam/CRN On 14/01/95
Introduction
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I found it annoying having to reset my Amiga A1200 when wanting to run
software from my Zappo Overdrive CDRom which has a startup-sequence, so I
created a nice icon and customised batch file which automatically booted and
assigned the correct devices when clicked on.
Installation
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Drag over the icon to any partition you feel like and press right Amiga
and L, then move the icon to where you want it to be on boot up and press
right Amiga + S. The icon will then stay there until you move it again and
snapshot it using RAmiga + S. Make sure you have the following commands in
your `C' directory:
Mount
Assign
Execute
IconX
These files are included in the archive in case your copies have become
corrupt.
These files:
If, Else, Endif, Ask, EndCLI, Resident, Failat and Echo
are used but not provided because on Kickstart/WB release 2.00+ they are
internal to the ROM.
Using WBCDBoot
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Just double click on the icon and a window should appear titled:
WBCDRom Bootup © Jam 1995
Inside the window it should say:
Zappo CD-Rom Workbench Startup - Version x.xx
By Jam/Carnage © 1995
A system request should then appear if you havent already double-clicked
on the CD0 icon, just click on the CANCEL button and the driver should
automatically install.
The batch will then execute and assign the correct directories instead of
the ones on your disk/hard drive, any errors will be reported.
The CD will then boot up and the startup-sequence will execute as normal
(hopefully!).
Troubleshooting
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1) 'CD0' not found in 'Sys:Storage/'
If the mountlist file, CD0 is not found in the Storage directory of
the drive you booted from then the CD device will not start. Try and find
the CD0 file and put it into the storage directory.
2) No 'Startup-Sequence' on CD0: - Removing assigns...
There isn't a bootable CD in the CD drive, eg. PC/Mac/Photo/Music CD's
won't boot because they don't posses an s directory and a startup
sequence, and some don't even contain a filesystem that can be accessed.
3) CD not inserted or other failure.
Pretty obvious, or an error that could occur if an important file is
missing from the batch file.
Note
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The assigning, and executing of batch file bootup method that this uses
is not 100% efficient and will not work on the AUI coverdisks from a few
months back as well as some other (stupid) games. In these cases just open
the icon and run the program manually if you can.
Where To Contact Me
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I you really want to contact me (you probably wont! ;) then leave a mail
for me on the following UK boards:
Fantazia
Lowlife 3
GridPoint
Wild World
All you non-boarders will never get this util because it will never reach
you, what a shame :(
History Of WBCDBoot
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v1.00 Internal release, 24/11/94
Like I said in the beginning, I made a little util which booted from
the Zappo CDRom and resided on the Workbench I hadn't released it to
anyone until my friend saw it and asked for a copy.
v1.01 Internal release, 7/12/94
Still an internal release, I added a better icon and changed the
script from being in the S: directory to being the file which the icon
relates to. It worked a bit faster.
v1.02 First public release, 13/1/95
Much better, with simple error handling and auto-detected if CD0: was
already mounted, if it was it wouldn't try and mount it again and
generate an error.
v1.03 Second public release, 14/1/95
Optimized the assigning procedure, and gave the script $VER info.
It's window was also changed because of an accident. The manual was also
spell checked.
Future
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In the last manual update I said I probably wouldn't update this, but I
did anyway because of manual optimization as well as the script needed to be
change for faster operation.
Until next time, Bye!