Snoopdos and startup sequence

[punkyclown]

Hi, Is it possible to set Snoopdos so it can capture the
errors in my User Startup Sequence.  It goes by so fast
I need to try and figure out what is wrong.
Thanks
Brad

[guest11527]

Hi, Is it possible to set Snoopdos so it can capture the
errors in my User Startup Sequence.  It goes by so fast
I need to try and figure out what is wrong.

Use "LoadModule" to make the 3.9 Shell-Seg reset-resident ("LoadModule L:Shell-Seg"), then add the following line on top of your startup-sequence:  "set interactive on"  If you boot now, the 3.9 shell stops on every line and asks you whether to execute the next line (RETURN) or skip it (DEL). You can also abort the interactive mode (Q).

[Matt_H]

And if you don't want  / can't figure out the shell-seg upgrade, you can also put "Set echo on" at the top of your startup sequence and comment out (; ) the "EndCLI" at the bottom. Your startup-sequence will run as normal, but you'll see everything that it's doing and the AmigaDOS window won't close at the end so that you can examine it in more detail.

If things are so bad that your system is crashing during bootup, then either of these options will allow you to see where it's all going wrong

EDIT: I should add that I used the interactive mode to diagnose some nasty bootup problems some years ago - it's extremely handy.

[kolla]

Also worth noting that you do not need 3.9 to use the 3.9 Shell-Seg, it works with any 3.x at least (and I would guess 2.x too.) http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/ShellUpdate