Is there a way to have a menu at boot time to choose AOS/MOS ?

[keropi]

As topic, is there a way to have a "boot manager" like thingie??? I know the 2-mouse buttons pressed on boot time, but that is not very convenient... I think I have asked this before , but I am not sure...
any info/suggestions?
thanx!  :-D

[itix]

I know the 2-mouse buttons pressed on boot time, but that is not very convenient...

What about pressing just one? When I had my A1200 I wrote this little utility:

http://uk.aminet.net/util/boot/Kill68k.readme

It was particularly meant for mixed AmigaOS/MorphOS setup where both AmigaOS and MorphOS were installed to the same partition and thus executing the very same startup-sequence.

[VooDoo]

WOW Itix thxn on this great tool...that is what I need

[keropi]

wow, it looks great! thanx!

[motorollin]

I don't really understand running MorphOS on an Amiga rather than a PegII, so please somebody let me know if I'm wrong here :-)

I don't see why you need to check the processor being used in order to select the OS if there is a Morphos "startup script". Why can't you use checklmb in the AmigaOS startup-sequence, and in the IF WARN statement following it, just enter the execute command for the MorphOS startup script. That way the script will be run if the LMB is pressed when you boot, and then MorphOS will start.

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moto

[keropi]

why not run mos too??? AFAIK, it runs on classic amigas all mos progs...

[motorollin]

No PPC here :-(

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moto

[itix]

I don't see why you need to check the processor being used in order to select the OS if there is a Morphos "startup script". Why can't you use checklmb in the AmigaOS startup-sequence, and in the IF WARN statement following it, just enter the execute command for the MorphOS startup script. That way the script will be run if the LMB is pressed when you boot, and then MorphOS will start.

It is only because I wanted to skip mouse button check if the system was in MorphOS already since the same startup-sequence could be used for MorphOS and AmigaOS.

That is, booting to MorphOS requires resetting machine (done automatically by bootstrap) and re-executing startup-sequence again. Little bit like using softrom updates.