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Extras/Autoboot/!ArmBoot/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » Econet |
| Filename: | Extras/Autoboot/!ArmBoot/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0322 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
This is a very simple example of a method to make a station boot automatically
to a particular ID, but may be expanded to fit your own requirements.
This example logs station 52 to Class1, 53 to Class2 and any other station
as user Guest.
This !Armboot file should be placed either in directory Boot, or in the $
directory if such a directory does not exist.
Client stations, as long as they are configured to Boot from the network,
and a User Boot (with boot options set to run) exists, will boot to the
user required.
The full !Armboot application, to set up the user environment should then
be placed in the Users' URDs.
Use of groups of stations into adjacent station numbers may make the
selection easier, for example:
IF R0% >=20 AND R0% <=47 THEN OSCLI("I AM Class6")
might be suitable.
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00000010 69 6d 70 6c 65 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 6f 66 |imple example of|
00000020 20 61 20 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b | a method to mak|
00000030 65 20 61 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 6f 6f 74 |e a station boot|
00000040 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 0a 74 | automatically.t|
00000050 6f 20 61 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 49 |o a particular I|
00000060 44 2c 20 62 75 74 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 65 78 |D, but may be ex|
00000070 70 61 6e 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 66 69 74 20 79 6f |panded to fit yo|
00000080 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 6d 65 |ur own requireme|
00000090 6e 74 73 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 65 78 61 6d 70 |nts...This examp|
000000a0 6c 65 20 6c 6f 67 73 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |le logs station |
000000b0 35 32 20 74 6f 20 43 6c 61 73 73 31 2c 20 35 33 |52 to Class1, 53|
000000c0 20 74 6f 20 43 6c 61 73 73 32 20 61 6e 64 20 61 | to Class2 and a|
000000d0 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e |ny other station|
000000e0 0a 61 73 20 75 73 65 72 20 47 75 65 73 74 2e 0a |.as user Guest..|
000000f0 0a 54 68 69 73 20 21 41 72 6d 62 6f 6f 74 20 66 |.This !Armboot f|
00000100 69 6c 65 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 70 6c |ile should be pl|
00000110 61 63 65 64 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e 20 64 |aced either in d|
00000120 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 42 6f 6f 74 2c 20 6f |irectory Boot, o|
00000130 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 24 0a 64 69 72 65 63 |r in the $.direc|
00000140 74 6f 72 79 20 69 66 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 64 |tory if such a d|
00000150 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f |irectory does no|
00000160 74 20 65 78 69 73 74 2e 0a 0a 43 6c 69 65 6e 74 |t exist...Client|
00000170 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 61 73 20 6c 6f | stations, as lo|
00000180 6e 67 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 63 |ng as they are c|
00000190 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 42 6f 6f |onfigured to Boo|
000001a0 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 74 77 6f |t from the netwo|
000001b0 72 6b 2c 0a 61 6e 64 20 61 20 55 73 65 72 20 42 |rk,.and a User B|
000001c0 6f 6f 74 20 28 77 69 74 68 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 6f |oot (with boot o|
000001d0 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 73 65 74 20 20 74 6f 20 72 |ptions set to r|
000001e0 75 6e 29 20 65 78 69 73 74 73 2c 20 77 69 6c 6c |un) exists, will|
000001f0 20 62 6f 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 0a 75 73 65 | boot to the.use|
00000200 72 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 |r required...The|
00000210 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 21 41 72 6d 62 6f 6f 74 20 61 | full !Armboot a|
00000220 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 6f 20 73 |pplication, to s|
00000230 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 65 |et up the user e|
00000240 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |nvironment shoul|
00000250 64 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 62 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 |d then.be placed|
00000260 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 55 73 65 72 73 27 20 55 | in the Users' U|
00000270 52 44 73 2e 0a 0a 55 73 65 20 6f 66 20 67 72 6f |RDs...Use of gro|
00000280 75 70 73 20 6f 66 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |ups of stations |
00000290 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 64 6a 61 63 65 6e 74 20 73 74 |into adjacent st|
000002a0 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 6d 61 |ation numbers ma|
000002b0 79 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 0a 73 65 6c 65 63 |y make the.selec|
000002c0 74 69 6f 6e 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 2c 20 66 6f 72 |tion easier, for|
000002d0 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 3a 0a 0a 49 46 20 52 30 | example:..IF R0|
000002e0 25 20 3e 3d 32 30 20 41 4e 44 20 52 30 25 20 3c |% >=20 AND R0% <|
000002f0 3d 34 37 20 54 48 45 4e 20 4f 53 43 4c 49 28 22 |=47 THEN OSCLI("|
00000300 49 20 41 4d 20 43 6c 61 73 73 36 22 29 0a 0a 6d |I AM Class6")..m|
00000310 69 67 68 74 20 62 65 20 73 75 69 74 61 62 6c 65 |ight be suitable|
00000320 2e 0a |..|
00000322 
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