IRPGMR7@OUACCVMB.BITNET (09/08/89)
To run GS/OS from a ProDOS 8 boot-up, just change the prefix to the
prefix of the GS/OS disk and execute the ProDOS file in the Root
directory.
You can even set up a single disk with both systems on it...
/My.Sys (Root Directory)
ProDOS (P8 - In my case P8 1.8)
Basic.System (Or any other .System file)
Startup (A small startup program in Basic)
GSOS (ProDOS - the one found on the GSOS Disk)
/System (GSOS System folder w/contents)
/Icons (GSOS Icons folder w/contents)
Basic.Launcher (GSOS Basic.Launcher)
/AppleTalk (GSOS AppleTalk folder w/contents)
10 REM *
20 REM * Startup 1.0 -- Written by David William Wrage
30 REM *
40 HOME
50 PRINT "Please select from the following:"
60 PRINT
70 PRINT "1 - GSOS 5.0"
80 PRINT "2 - ProDOS 1.8 System"
90 PRINT "3 - Applesoft Basic"
100 GET A$
110 IF A$ = "1" THEN PRINT CHR$(4)"-GSOS"
120 IF A$ = "2" THEN PRINT CHR$(4)"BYE"
130 IF A$ <> "3" THEN GOTO 100
140 END
Of course this is a very crude but effective way of creating a startup
that contains both systems including AppleSoft Basic.
Hope this helps.....
David William Wrage a.k.a. The Frenchman
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- Gerald WeinbergLes_Ferch@MTSG.UBC.CA (10/23/89)
I want to have my hard drive equipped GS boot into ProDOS 8 and run a simple program selector (I'm using Bird's Better Bye), but I want to be able to launch GSOS easily on demand. I installed GSOS 5.0 and it works fine if I boot straight into it, but if I rename ProDOS to GSOS and then put ProDOS 8 on the drive and boot that way, it doesn't work when I select GSOS from the selector. GSOS starts loading and gets to the desktop where it beeps and then hangs. This approach worked fine with the old ProDOS 16. Is anybody out there succesfully booting into ProDOS 8 and then running GSOS from a selector?
rmichel@pro-grouch.cts.com (Russel Michel) (10/24/89)
Network Comment: to #5743 by Les_Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca >From: Les_Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca (Unknown User) >Subject: Launching GSOS from ProDOS 8 > I want to have my hard drive equipped GS boot into ProDOS 8 and run a simple >program selector (I'm using Bird's Better Bye), but I want to be able to >launch GSOS easily on demand. I installed GSOS 5.0 and it works fine if I >boot straight into it, but if I rename ProDOS to GSOS and then put ProDOS 8 on >the drive and boot that way, it doesn't work when I select GSOS from the >selector. GSOS starts loading and gets to the desktop where it beeps and then >hangs. This approach worked fine with the old ProDOS 16. > Is anybody out there succesfully booting into ProDOS 8 and then running GSOS >from a selector? Try renaming ProDOS to something other than "GSOS". I use a setup similar to ys: P8 renamed to ProDOS placed in the root directory of my hard disk along with BASIC.SYSTEM and a short Applesoft STARTUP file. ProDOS from System Disk 5.0 is now called GSOS.GO. The BASIC program simply gives three options: QUIT to BBB, exit to BASIC, or run GSOS. It's quick & dirty, but allows me to boot off my hard disk and go straight into a ProDOS 8 application via Bird's Better Bye, and still have GSOS readily available. It works quite well. I think your problem stems from the fact that there is a file in /SYSTEM.DISK/SYSTEM called "GSOS" and (I think) you're confusing the system software by having two files called "GSOS" even though they are in different directories. Hope this solves your woes! Russ ==--------------------------------------------------------------------------== == The above is given freely, so keep in mind the words of Lazarus Long: == == "Anything free is worth what you pay for it" == == == == All conceivable disclaimers apply, because I cannot guarantee that == == anything I right is write. (See what I mean?!?!) == == == == America Online: RusselM GEnie: R.Michel2 == ==--------------------------------------------------------------------------== UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rmichel ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rmichel@nosc.mil INET: rmichel@pro-grouch.cts.com
dkl@pro-europa.cts.com (David Leikam) (10/24/89)
Comment to message from: Les_Ferch@mtsg.ubc.ca (Unknown User)
Yep, I am. I use Prosel for both OS's, booting into Prosel-8, with GSOS
5.0 as a menu option. This takes me into Prosel 16, where ANOTHER menu option
will let me start the Finder.
I renamed Prodos(16) to Prodos.16. Merely invoking it from Prosel 8 works
just fine. I suspect you may be having a different problem, as the name of
the file really shouldn't matter much. If I were you, I'd try changing things
around on your harder to boot it into GSOS, and get that working ok, THEN add
Prodos 8 and your selector. (If I'm right, when you take Prodos 8 off or
rename it, and rename your GSOS file back to ProDos, you still won't get a
successful boot. That should demonstrate that something else is wrong, nothing
to do with the presence/absence of your selector.)
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In your post <can't remember exactly>: You said : <can't remember exactly> something about booting Prodos 8 through GSOS. Try renaming the START file in the */system folder to */system/FINDER. This should force GSOS into dropping directly into ProDOS 8. The only problem is I've only heard of 1 or two PD programs that let you run GSOS programs from prodos 8. I think your best bet would be to get some sort of shell program that can be configured to boot into BASIC.SYSTEM and still return you to the finder.