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3.
When
all
floppy drives
have
been selected for configuration, the screen
will display:
MAKE
SELECTION PERMANENT
[YHN]!
Entering
[Y]
will
make
the
system
come
up
according
to
the
newly-entered instructions each time you boot up. Entering
[N]
will make
the system return
to
the previous settings
after
the
next
reset
or
other
cold boot.
Remember
also
that
"permanent"
means
unti
you
change
it
to
another
way.
You
can alter
this,
simply by running CONFIO F
again,
at
any
later
date.
The screen will then display:
PRESS [RETURN] TO CONFIRM SELECTION OR [ESC] TO
ABORT_
If
you decide
that
the
setting is not as you would like
it,
press the [ESC] key
and
the
program
will
not
continue.
Otherwise,
enter a (RETURN] and the
program
wil
store
your selection.
When
the
program is
completed,
the
system
will
go through a cold boot
to
reset
the operating system for the newly-specifieddrives.
The CONFIG A
Option
Recall
from
the
Introduction
that
booting
the
system consists of giving a
command
to
copy
the
operating
system from
its
location
on
the
disk
or
diskette,
into
the
computer's memory. The
CONFIG
A command
lets
you
set
up
a sort of "P.S."
to
the booting procedure.
The
CONFIG A
option
creates a file called
VECTOR.CMD,
which the booting
program looks for.
If
it
finds
no
VECTOR.CMD,
you
get
the
A)
prompt
and
business
as usual
after
booting. But
if
you have put
in
an auto command, the
booting program will do whatever
you
instruct
it
to
do,
each
time
you
boot.
You
can
instruct
the
system
to
run any command
fie,
including applications
programs as well as transient commands.
There
are
a few restrictions, however.
You
can
only
have one auto
command
set
up
per disk or diskette, and
that
must
be
the
one from which you
boot.
Naturally, you can change the auto
command
later
if
you
decide to. Also, the
auto command cannot be more than one line long.
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7100-0001
09-01-82
- Rev. A
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