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#Kickstart1.3

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#41163From: Paul WhittemoreMar 25, 1989 10:20 PM
Has anybody heard about RemRAD guruing if you use two RAD:'s ? Also, RAD: doesn't seem to boot if I have the second RAD1:. (I realize your not _supposed_ to have 2, but what the heck… =>8v) More to the point, maybe it's time for someone to detail the order of booting under 1.3. (And what the BootPri value means to KickStart.) MAJOR FLAME: The single most important addition to 1.3 was autobooting (IMHO) and yet it is virtually undocumented by C-A. Everyone seems to praise the 1.3 doc, but if they're praising the 'Enhancer' manual then forget it. It's much better than the 1.1, 1.2 stuff, but that doesn't say much… To leave out autobooting in the 1.3 doc is unforgivable.
#41284From: Dean BrownMar 26, 1989 3:27 PM
The BootPri value determines the order of the autoboot. The values range from -129 to 127, -129 means to disable autoboot. The machine will boot from the device with the highest BootPri, no value specified for BootPri defaults to 0 (ZERO). If more than one device has the highest priority, then the device furthest to the right in your machine (A2000) will be the booted device. (BTW, RAD is defined as being the furthest to the right at whatever priority it is set to) Look at page 3-3 in the 1.3 enhancer manual.
#41411From: Michael St. LaurentMar 27, 1989 2:38 AM
In addition to what Dean suggests you might try examining the 1.3 autodocs. They have more on the subject of autobooting. -msl-