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Started by Kamal Foudil-Bey
Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:53
rebooting from a floppy?
Author: Kamal Foudil-Bey
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:53
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:53
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I need a facility or a way to force my pc to reboot from drive b. How can I accomplish that without having to open my system and switch the floppies? urgent---thanks
Re: rebooting from a floppy?
Author: DENNIS LITTLE
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:33
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 22:33
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In article <1992Sep26.205355.29934@newstand.syr.edu>, foudil@npac.syr.edu (Kamal Foudil-Bey) writes... >I need a facility or a way to force my pc to reboot from drive b. How >can I accomplish that without having to open my system and switch the >floppies? >urgent---thanks Why not just set up drive b: with command.com and Autoexec.bat and run a second copy or command.com by switching to b: and running it me
Re: rebooting from a floppy?
Author: Per Fredrik Solberg
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 07:38
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 07:38
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In article <1992Sep26.205355.29934@newstand.syr.edu> foudil@npac.syr.edu (Kamal Foudil-Bey) writes: >I need a facility or a way to force my pc to reboot from drive b. How >can I accomplish that without having to open my system and switch the >floppies? >urgent---thanks > There is a small utility, named bootb or something like that, that allows you to transfer the boot process to the B drive. It is available via anonymous ftp; Sorry, I don't remember where I saw it, but simtel and garbo.uwasa.fi are likely candidates. Per Solberg perfred@idt.unit.no / pso@si.no
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