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R.Bramley@minerals.csiro.au (R.Bramley) wrote:

>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.

There are very few system CMOS setups that will allow you to input B:
as a boot-up option. Most, if tehy provide anything, will only allow
you to change teh sequence from A:, C: to C:, A:.