Subject: Re: booter fun (was: LC040 support?)
To: William O Ferry <WOFerry+@cmu.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/10/1997 11:23:55
> Hmmm..  I grabbed GENERIC-22 in binary form with Fetch.  I also grabbed
> Booter 1.9.5.  With 1.9.4 (that I already had), if I try to boot
> GENERIC-22, it comments that sizeof exec = 32, and that it can't boot
> this type of kernel.  I tried running 1.9.5, but I can't change it's
> settings.  It comes up using SCSI ID=2 and autobooting in 30 seconds.  I
> can't access the Boot options menu, but Preferences and Serial are
> available.  But even if I change something in here (within 30 seconds,
> when it locks the machine), I can't save the options (the menu is greyed
> out), and when I quit it doesn't save the options.

I tried the same program recently. Hit Command-period, or choose the
"stop boot" menu item. :-) Then you'll be able to change things.

>     Are the Booter options stored in a prefs or other file somewhere, or
> are they kept inside the binary?  It seems that even with 1.9.4 now, I
> can access all of the menus and select save options, but when I do that,
> quit and restart, the old options are still in effect.  Any thoughts???

It's supposed to save them in the program itself. Try saving and quitting
once just to see what happens.

Take care,

Bill