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Article #1370Booting OS/2 from floppy
From: Peter H. Golde
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 05:02
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 05:02
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In article <16603@well.sf.ca.us> feustel@well.sf.ca.us (David Alan Feustel) writes: >A major problem that I have with switching to HPFS is that if OS/2 >can't boot then I can't access the files within HPFS. I would gladly >switch to HPFS if I could boot OS/2 from a floppy and access the HPFS >files. As has been mentioned here several times, you can boot from a floppy by using your installation diskette, and pressing Esc at the first screen. HPFS is loaded, and you can muck with any of the files on your fixed disk all you want. --Peter Golde
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!brunix!phg From: phg@cs.brown.edu (Peter H. Golde) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Booting OS/2 from floppy Message-ID: <32395@brunix.UUCP> Date: 12 Mar 90 05:02:32 GMT References: <22705@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <52093@microsoft.UUCP> <16603@well.sf.ca.us> Sender: news@brunix.UUCP Reply-To: phg@cs.brown.edu (Peter H. Golde) Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science Lines: 11