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- From: hosp@hoedur.uni-paderborn.de (Holger Spangardt)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: Re: Boot from B: ??
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 17:25:17 +0100
- Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany
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- References: <93001.223627CDF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <1993Jan5.090323.28598@engr.LaTech.edu> <1993Jan5.175243.18433@cs.tu-berlin.de> <ETOAJ.93Jan6133633@storeulv.etn.ericsson.se>
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- etoaj@storeulv.etn.ericsson.se (Are Jrgensen) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan5.175243.18433@cs.tu-berlin.de> wolfi@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Schwanke) writes:
-
- > >I am in desparate need of a utility to boot from B:.
- > >I want to install OS2 which came in 3.5" disks. The
- > >installation procedure requires booting from that
- > >drive. Now, the 3.5" drive is the B drive in my system.
- > >
- > >I have tried changing the BIOS setup and even unplugged
- > >the A: ... to no avail.
- > >
- > >Any suggestions is apprecited.
-
- > You need to switch the connectors betwenn the A: and the B: drive, then
- > change the BIOS configuration.
-
- > * Wolfgang Schwanke * Technische Universitaet Berlin * Germany * wolfi on irc *
-
- >There is a risk of the two connectors not beeing of the same type(shape),
- >as in my TANDON 486....
-
- >Ofcause you can always make new cable from the controller to the drives,
- >but it seems a bit out of range to the common PC (software) user.
-
- >Is there no clever program (to be startet from e.g. C:) which
- >forces the machine to boot from the B drive???
-
- >(software is made to make the world flexible is it not??)
-
- >Are Jxrgensen Why can't somebody; Coordinate the methods in Ericsson a/s software design for
-
- There is a softwaresolution for booting (I've found a boot_b on a ftp-site),
- but there is a problem with the OS/2 installtion, because disk 3 uses some
- infprmation in a config-file, which does not fit to the BIOS-changes by boot_b
-
- I think this is way won't work. It's a mistake of the installation-program in
- my opinion. Other programs can do it better. :-) (try linux)
-
- Ciao,
- Holger.
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