Re: BOOTing AMI bios based IBM-PC compatible computer on drive B:

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From: Fuzzy Fox
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:01

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bew@brahms.udel.edu (Ben Williams) writes:

>Is there some way I can boot from B: onto a 3.5" disk.

There is a program on Simtel called BOOT_B that does this.  It works by
writing a special boot sector to a disk in your A: drive.  When the A:
disk boots, it swaps the floppies and continue the boot process on drive
B.  Seems to work just fine.

If you are booting DOS, then B: will appear as A: after you do this.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!rei2!fox
From: fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: BOOTing AMI bios based IBM-PC compatible computer on drive B:
Message-ID: <1992Oct15.220102.7534@rei.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:01:02 GMT
References: <Bw6B1D.1sC@news.udel.edu>
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