Spectre GCR Manual Manuals - Atari Documentation Archive

Hard Disks and Spectre
function key would reinsert the partition, just ignore the request and
shut off your computer. Which ever way you choose to do the hard
disk eject is irrelevant; what matters is the directory update that
happens right before the "eject".
Shut the ST off. At this point, you will not be able to "autoboot"
the ST because you have changed the partition types, so you need to
reenable it. Boot the ST with the Utility disk that came with your Hard
Drive, and run the "autoboot maker". It is called "HDUTIL" if you
used lCD's software, and "SUPUTIL" if you used Supra's. Then restart
your ST to make sure the autoboot is working.
This time, re-run SPECTRE.PRG. Now we've got a hard disk
partition out there with System and Finder on it; thus, it is bootable.
Select "Boot from HD" under the Hard Disk options. (Of course, you
should see your hard disks' names there. Feel free to rename them
when in the Mac mode at the Desktop.)
Press RETURN, and you'll boot from the hard disk (provided all is
well), and darn fast, too. It takes maybe a fourth of the time of the
floppy boot.
Try running a few applications; you'll notice how very fast they
load, and exiting back to Finder is fast, too. That's what it's all about.
When you want to access your second Spectre partition, press F4.
(If you had a third, you could press F5, but since you don't in this example,
the system will ignore F5).
Try copying the System and Finder from one 5 meg partition to
the other. Zip. Zipzip. It's done. Amazing, isn't it? Again, to close
down, eject the hard disks. Use the safe eject-all, power off.
Well, there's a quick run-through of setting up Spectre partitions
on a hard disk. Again, you will have to customize it your needs, and I
guarantee you'll end up playing with it a few times before you're
happy with it; no one ever has enough hard disk storage when they
need it!
Well, that covers hard disks. Get in there and experiment, until
you find the combination of partitions, GEM and Spectre, that suits
you best.
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