marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin CATS) (08/10/88)
[none of this is true] (...or is it? B-) To boot from the NIL: device, you must use the MOUNT command with the following entry in the MOUNTLIST: NIL0: Device = nil.device Unit = 0 Surfaces = 0 BlocksPerTrack = 0 Reserved = 2 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 0 Buffers = 0 BufmemType = 0 GlobVec = -1 DosType = 0x4E494C00 # NOTES: The nil.device will be included in the Amoeba-10 release of WorkBench. (a modified printer.device will be included to boot from printers too). Note that even though there are no cylinders associated with the NIL0: drive, you must allocate 2 for the boot block. In addition, we are hard at work developing a mouse.device to boot from the joystick/mouse port. Booting from the monitor is not possible due to limitations of the support circuitry (only output, no input), so a Monitor Bridge Card will be available soon. If you believe any of this, then I also have a bridge for sale (not the IBM kind..8-) {Hope you enjoy this, have a nice day} -- ========================================================================== Marc Rifkin -- Summer CATS Assistant PHONE 215-431-9180 UUCP ...{uunet,allegra,rutgers}!cbmvax!marc "I speak only for myself- I'm not a ventriloquist" "Greenland is in Utah; in fact, its the capital" ==========================================================================