How to boot from external drive?

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From: craig
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 13:22

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I have just bought a 1M external 3.5" floppy for my 520STFM,
and everything's hunky-dory except I can't run some games
that expect to be booted rather than double clicked.

I've heard that there are two options - fitting a switch
in the ST to swap the drive select lines, or a PD utility
that allows a warm-boot from drive B.

Can some kind soul help me by either telling me whereabouts
the relevant lines for the switch are on the circuit board
(mine is Rev D), or mailing me the utility?

I'd appreciate a quick answer on the hardware question,
since my machine is in bits right now while fitting a
memory upgrade, and I'd like to avoid the hassle of putting
it back together and then taking it apart again!

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