Hi Howard, The normal boot scan is only for "physical devices". If the boot partition on your RamFAST is not bootable, it will not go to the next partition. It will look for the next bootable device in the next slot.
-Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Apple2list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard R. Katz Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:36 PM To: Apple2list Subject: Re: Apple IIGS & SCSI card > My test proved to me that, to boot either ProDOS or GS/OS, the program > "PRODOS" needs only to be in the first ProDOS partition, not the first > partition. > > Willi Which makes sense and still proves everyone's point, Willi. :) The //e doesn't know anything about non-ProDOS or DOS 3.3 volumes, so it did what it would do if there wasn't a disk in a drive--start hunting down the "slots" until it found a boot device. Since your first couple of partitions were HFS(?), it kept going until it recognized something it understood. However, had you had a disk in a drive with no ProDOS system on it, and it was mapped higher than the ProDOS partition you probably would have gotten an error message that the disk wasn't bootable, or somesuch. For that reason it's best to have the HD's partitioned so the 1st is the ProDOS and the system would immediately find and boot from it (assuming of course that there's an OS on it. :) ) Later.................Howard ____________________________________________________________ Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:apple2list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:apple2list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
