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Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:?

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From: R.Bramley
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

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From: R.Bramley@minerals.csiro.au (R.Bramley)
Subject: Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:?
Date: 1995/10/15
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