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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 90 21:45:34 GMT



In article <2963.25f214c2@crcc.uh.edu> rui@athena.mit.edu (Christopher Tung) writes:
>Subject:Booting Problem 
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>This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I get my PC Clone to boot
>from drive b:?  It boots from drive a: , a 5 1/2 HD drive, but it won't
>boot from drive b: a 
>3 1/2 HD drive.  I place a disk into the drive, it reads it and then
>continues to go
>to my hard drive c: to finish the process.  I don't want drive c: to
>boot because it's devices take up too much ram.  Which files do I have
>to alter and what do I add to them.  Please e-mail me or post this.
>		Thanks in advance.
>
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it's not possible to boot from drive B unless you physically open
the system unit, and swap the connectors on drive A and B..


part of IBM's original design of the PC was to disable booting from
drive B.. you'll never be able to accomplish it..

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