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Article #39420Re: booting from floppy
From: Marc Schroeder
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 03:54
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 03:54
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In article <101870@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> parker@vlsic2 (James Parker) writes:
>
>Boot from floppy with ICDBOOT software
>
>I am having a problem trying to boot from the floppy disk while
>using the latest (at least I think the latest, less than 2 mths old)
>ICDBOOT software with my hard drive.
>
>According to the manual, if I depress Ctrl/Shift/Alt while booting, the
>computer will boot from the floppy instead of autobooting from the
>hard-drive. I have a copy of ICDBOOT.prg in A:\AUTO folder but not in
>C:\AUTO as instructed in the docs.
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Hmm.. My manual says to hold down [ALT] when trying to boot from floppy
(press it and hold it down until the drive light stays on).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!caesar.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!calgary!marc@cpsc.UCalgary.CA From: marc@cpsc.UCalgary.CA (Marc Schroeder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: booting from floppy Keywords: boot, hard-drive, ICD Message-ID: <2240@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Date: 14 Dec 89 03:54:19 GMT References: <101870@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> Sender: news@calgary.UUCP Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Lines: 29