Auto boot floppy image

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Auto boot floppy image

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I'm probably missing something obvious but I can load a demo image into drive a and reboot and it just returns to desktop.

If I open drive A I can see files but just doesn't autoboot.

I'm trying to auto boot demos eg tcb/tlb etc. and some won't have files to click on.

Also is there any msa image support planned for things like the b.i.g. Demo and again would need to probably auto boot.

Thanks
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Re: Auto boot floppy image

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Autoboot is supported. This is how i test demos. What i found is that FDD isn't booted when HDD is mounted. I think it's how Atari ST is designed to work.
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Re: Auto boot floppy image

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MSA image can be converted to ST image by utility.
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Re: Auto boot floppy image

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Thank you for the quick response... I did have the hard drive mounted... so pressed backspace to unmount.

Mounted drive A and did a reset... it all works.

Just fab.
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If you have a hdd installed you need to reset the machine and hold down the ALT with a floppy in the drive and it will boot straight from floppy
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Re: Auto boot floppy image

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I'll give the Alt key a try thanks for the hint.

Also got big demo working.. converted from MSA to ST format with MSA Converter 2.1
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