Memory, 2 - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Falcon030 Owner's Manual
U se the fol lowing steps to boot up from the hard disk:
1 .
S w itch on any peripherals attached t o the system .
2.
S w i tch on the computer and t h e monitor.
While the computer is starting the operating system and checking the system
memory, you' l l see the Atari logo on the upper left portion of the screen. You w i l l
a l so see a bar displayed across the screen. When the system completes the
memory test, the bar starts to shrink. The startup process waits for the bar to
shrink completely before going on. This provides a necessary t imeout for some
external peripherals. If there are n o external peripherals attached to the computer,
press any key to abort the t i me out. Afterwards , the system displays the desktop.
Note : If the computer cannot find the neededjlles on the hard disk during bootup, it
loads the default desktop, which does not display any hard disk icons. If this occurs,
shut o f f
the desktop , see
Starti ng fro m a Floppy D i s k
I f your system doesn ' t contain a hard disk, you'l l want to boot the system w i th a
copy of the Language disk in drive A. The Language disk contains fi les that the
computer reads when it starts the operating system. For example, the Language
disk contains DES K I CON.RSC, the icon resource file, and NEWDES K. INF,
which allows you to custom i ze the layout of the desktop area.
Note: As a precaution you should make a working copy of the Language disk. Use
the working copy instead of the original disk. See
Chapter
Use the fol lo w i ng steps to boot up your system from a floppy startup disk:
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Appendix C, Troubleshooting and Maintenance.
Desktop Management,for
S,
Copying Files and Folders
information on copying disks.
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