Choosing whether to boot at GEM or File Image Selector.

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dialek7
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Choosing whether to boot at GEM or File Image Selector.

Post by dialek7 »

Before publishing a suggestion here, I really feel like giving my CONGRATULATIONS to Lotharek and Jef for this AMAZING piece of hardware and its support!
Thank you guys! :mrgreen:

Ok, now I have a proposition.
Well, actualy I was wondering if it could be possible to have a startup feature to choose whether to boot at GEM/Kickstart (etc) or File Image Selector software?
Meaning, it would be wonderful if you have on screen a two (2) options menu initially (at power on) saying (i.e.):

Press F1 for GEM (i.e. on the Atari st)
Press F2 for File Image Selector software

Ok it can not be the F1 selection specific, I know, as you cannot recognise whether the machine is an Atari ST or Amiga or CPC or whatever (am I wrong?), so it can be something in general (say, Press "Button" for system OS)?

In this way the user will have the ability to load an image in two alternatives, either using the original OS of a machine (and choose file image from the board) or using the well written autoboot File Image Selector software (choose file image from the list).

If the above sound stupid, its ok, it is just a suggestion for which I found myself eager to have, as I wanted to examine, for example, a few files of Deluxe Paint on my Atari ST, and needed to go through GEM for that (and also on several other ST software images).
For that reason I' m having two (2) SD cards on with HXCSDFE.CFG only and another with HXCSDFE.CFG + AUTOBOOT.HFE !!!


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lotharek
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Re: Choosing whether to boot at GEM or File Image Selector.

Post by lotharek »

Elo,

thank You very much !


i used two card on my ste, but then put sd emul inside Ste and now is better for me - check it out :
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..... Atari Roxxx !!!
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