Fletch Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I'm trying to remember how to boot my Falcon via the floppy disk rather than the internal hard drive. I've figured out that if I hold down ALT and the reset button that it does bypass booting from the hard disk, but doesn't really boot from the floppy. It just goes right to the desktop. Any clues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Try control as well, I think this boots from the auto on floppy (if not try shift). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 What hard disk driver are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Try control as well, I think this boots from the auto on floppy (if not try shift). No luck there. But I do appreciate the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) What hard disk driver are you using? ICD Pro 6.5 I believe. Edited February 12, 2014 by Fletch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Did you use <control> only? The timing is critical - it's right after the first floppy access, but before the hard drive kicks in, IIRC. HTHs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Right procedure is to press reset button (or Alt+Ctrl+Del), and after 1-2 seconds hold down Alt key, until Desktop arrives, or floppy SW starts. The fact that Desktop appears says not much. Is there Disk C icon ? Can you open it ? If yes, then hard disk driver is loaded. But I guess that in your case it is just that floppy inserted is not bootable, no AUTO ORG on, or is damaged, so TOS will go right to Desktop, without C drive. Is it there or not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Right procedure is to press reset button (or Alt+Ctrl+Del), and after 1-2 seconds hold down Alt key, until Desktop arrives, or floppy SW starts. The fact that Desktop appears says not much. Is there Disk C icon ? Can you open it ? If yes, then hard disk driver is loaded. But I guess that in your case it is just that floppy inserted is not bootable, no AUTO ORG on, or is damaged, so TOS will go right to Desktop, without C drive. Is it there or not ? I just get A and B so I know its just the floppy. No matter which disk I've tried with an AUTO folder it does not start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Did you use <control> only? The timing is critical - it's right after the first floppy access, but before the hard drive kicks in, IIRC. HTHs. I'll give that a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It is alternate, control boots the hard disk without booting its auto folder iirc. Darklord is right, there is definite timing involved, on HD Driver you have to press control after it has loaded but before it starts loading the autofolder(for hard disk access with no autoboot), but for alternate (floppy boot) it might be before the hard disk driver has loaded (but then again it might at the same point). I haven't used ICD for years to it is a bit tricky for me to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 It is alternate, control boots the hard disk without booting its auto folder iirc. Darklord is right, there is definite timing involved, on HD Driver you have to press control after it has loaded but before it starts loading the autofolder(for hard disk access with no autoboot), but for alternate (floppy boot) it might be before the hard disk driver has loaded (but then again it might at the same point). I haven't used ICD for years to it is a bit tricky for me to say. I'm not having much luck here. Its really not that big of a deal I suppose, but I certainly recall doing it at some point. I appreciate everyone's support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidLittleMan Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 If there is only A and B , then hard disk driver boot disabling was successful. Now, why AUTO PRG executes not ? It may be that it is not Falcon compatible SW there ? Can you give more details about what is on that floppy. Best would be ST image of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zogging Hell Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Good point ParanoidLittleMan, Fletch what is actually in the floppy auto folder? And what are you wanting to happen when you boot from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Got it! Here's what I had to do. Turn on Falcon. Hit esc to stop memory test. Hit Control-Alt-Delete to reset. Hit esc again then hold ALT. That second esc was key for me. If I don't hit that It does not work. When I do, it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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