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Booting/Rebooting Your System:
Booting powers on your computer and loads the operating system information from a disk to the computers memory.
Each time the Amiga is booted, the system must find the Amiga system software on a bootable hard disk or floppy disk inserted into a disk drive.
If there are no bootable disks when the system is powered on, an animated screen requests that you insert a bootable disk into a floppy drive.
Rebooting resets your computer without turning off the power. This process terminates any active programs and removes any data stored in the Amiga's memory.
Each time the Amiga is booted or rebooted, the following events occur:

The Amiga executes a script file called the Startup-sequence.
The Startup-sequence executes a file called User-startup, if it exists.
The Amiga Workbench screen appears.
Workbench runs any programs whose icons are in the WBStartup drawer.

The Startup-sequence file contains AmigaDOS commands that load the Amiga software and handle various hardware and software setup tasks.
Do not alter this file; altering the Startup-sequence file can prevent the Amiga from booting properly.
If you want to customize your system configuration, you can create a User-startup file that loads when the system is booted or rebooted.
You can also customize you system startup by placing program icons in the WBStartup drawer.
This automatically starts these programs when you boot or reboot.
To reboot your system:

Be sure that all disk activity has stopped and that all floppy disk drive and hard disk drive lights are unlit.
If you are rebooting from a floppy disk drive, insert a copy of the Workbench disk into a floppy disk drive.
Simultaneously hold down the Ctrl (Control), left Amiga, and right Amiga keys and then release them.
Special Boot Options:
Extra memory used for maintaining devices can cause floppy-based games from running. See Special Boot Options for information about how to avoid this problem.


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