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Article #3952Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:?
From: R.Bramley
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 00:00
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In article <45qqgn$j87$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au>, John Savage <koala@sydney.dialix.com.au> wrote: >osv@newcom.kiae.su (Sergey Ostashenko ) writes: > >>There is nothing in the Setup for booting from B:. >>Is there a way to force booting from B:? Any software? > >You could swap the connectors around (and alter the setup) so that the >3.5" drive becomes A:, otherwise determine whether one of these utilities >will work for you:- > >ftp ftp.coast.net /Simtel/msdos/diskutil/ >bboot.zip B 3182 930910 Boot from B: drive instead of A: >boot_b.zip B 4349 910626 Boots machine with A: and B: drives swapped Enter the CMOS setup (<delete> when starting usually) and put b: before c: in the bootup sequence. The computer automatically tries to load from the B:, if it fails, i.e. no disk in drive b:, then it boots from the hard drive. Most computers are already setup this way, so that you can start the computer in case of hard disk problems. Regarsds Russellb Rampages are not only for postal workers anymore!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,dc521b53228ed7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: f53ba,dc521b53228ed7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf53ba,public X-Google-Thread: 111d31,dc521b53228ed7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid111d31,public X-Google-Thread: f71eb,dc521b53228ed7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf71eb,public X-Google-Thread: 1674b9,dc521b53228ed7a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1674b9,public From: R.Bramley@minerals.csiro.au (R.Bramley) Subject: Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:? Date: 1995/10/15 Message-ID: <45s4b7$9fc_001@minerals.csiro.au> X-Deja-AN: 117628473 sender: news@dmp.csiro.au references: <1995Oct9.094317.26432@newcom.kiae.su> <45qqgn$j87$1@sydney.DIALix.oz.au> organization: CSIRO newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,aus.computers.ibm-pc