[comp.sys.amiga.misc] How to reboot from RAD:

cs180sbg@sdcc5.ucsd.edu (05/30/91)

Hello, I have a problem with rebooting from RAD:.  I have an Amiga
500 with 4 meg of RAM and 1.3 ROMs.  I follow the direction of the
Amiga DOs 1.3 "enhancer" software manual and set up RAD, using the
startup-sequence as indicated in the manual.  But when I reboot the
computer always requires a Workbench disk instead of directly
booting from RAD:.  How can I get this to work? Any info is
appreciated.

e5pj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (05/30/91)

In article <19883@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>,
cs180sbg@sdcc5.ucsd.edu writes: 
> Hello, I have a problem with rebooting from RAD:.  I have an Amiga
> 500 with 4 meg of RAM and 1.3 ROMs.  I follow the direction of the
> Amiga DOs 1.3 "enhancer" software manual and set up RAD, using the
> startup-sequence as indicated in the manual.  But when I reboot the
> computer always requires a Workbench disk instead of directly
> booting from RAD:.  How can I get this to work? Any info is
> appreciated.

	I believe a "Setpatch r" line in your startup sequence before you mount
your RAD: device and then rebooting should help.

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s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Luke Mewburn) (05/30/91)

cs180sbg@sdcc5.ucsd.edu writes:

>Hello, I have a problem with rebooting from RAD:.  I have an Amiga
>500 with 4 meg of RAM and 1.3 ROMs.  I follow the direction of the
>Amiga DOs 1.3 "enhancer" software manual and set up RAD, using the
>startup-sequence as indicated in the manual.  But when I reboot the
>computer always requires a Workbench disk instead of directly
>booting from RAD:.  How can I get this to work? Any info is
>appreciated.

Make sure you set the bootpri to high enough. (I think 0 is ok.)
  (ie. bootpri = 0  )
Anyway, if this is too difficult, email me your mountlist and relevant
startup-sequence entries, and I'll have a look.
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fjrei@kbsaar.UUCP (Franz-Josef Reichert) (05/31/91)

In article <19883@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs180sbg@sdcc5.ucsd.edu writes:
>Hello, I have a problem with rebooting from RAD:.  I have an Amiga
>500 with 4 meg of RAM and 1.3 ROMs.  I follow the direction of the
>Amiga DOs 1.3 "enhancer" software manual and set up RAD, using the
>startup-sequence as indicated in the manual.  But when I reboot the
>computer always requires a Workbench disk instead of directly
>booting from RAD:.  How can I get this to work? Any info is
>appreciated.

What kind of expansion ram do you use? Does it autoconfig?
Please provide more information, especially your mountlist entry.
Do you install 'setpatch r' in your startup-sequence?

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darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger) (06/01/91)

In article <19883@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs180sbg@sdcc5.ucsd.edu writes:
>Hello, I have a problem with rebooting from RAD:.  I have an Amiga
>500 with 4 meg of RAM and 1.3 ROMs.  I follow the direction of the
>Amiga DOs 1.3 "enhancer" software manual and set up RAD, using the
>startup-sequence as indicated in the manual.  But when I reboot the
>computer always requires a Workbench disk instead of directly
>booting from RAD:.  How can I get this to work? Any info is
>appreciated.

 I cannot find my Enhancer manual anywhere so I cannot give you specifics but
look into the file DEVS:MountList and see what the BootPri for RAD: equals. If
this is set to 0 or -128 (I cannot remember which) it will not be bootable.
This might be why your RAD: will not re-boot the machine. It is similar to an
INSTALL on a floppy disk. You don't INSTALL a disk and it will not autoboot.


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arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) (06/02/91)

Concering boot priority (bootpri in mountlist) .... -127 would be the best
priority to boot under. I used to boot from rad:, and thats thevalue I used,
and it worked without a hitch.

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