Re: Booting From A Zip Drive???

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From: Stephen Marriott
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:00

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In demon.ip.support.amiga Matt Parker <matt@mparker.demon.co.uk> wrote:

: I cannot figure out how to make my zip drive available to boot from. I
: would like to be able to keep a copy of my Workbench on a Zip Disk,
: obviously called WorkBench, and be able to stick it in the Zip Drive, then
: switch on and boot from the zip.

: It is connected through a SurfSquirrel. I would like to be able to do this
: in case I encounter problems with my Hard Drive so I would be able to get
: my workbench up and running without the hard drive being required.

First you need to partition a Zip disk and install Workbench on the system
partition.

Then use the SurfSquirrel installer to build a SquirrelSCSI hard disk boot
floppy.  This floppy will allow you to boot up your machine and mount the
Workbench partition on your Zip disk.

Now remove the Squirrel HD boot floppy and reset your machine (soft reboot).
Your machine should now boot from the Zip drive.  FYI - the Squirrel driver is
only 'reset proof' - if you power down your machine you will have to boot from
the floppy.

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From: stevem@hisoft.co.uk (Stephen Marriott)
Subject: Re: Booting From A Zip Drive???
Date: 1999/03/10
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