Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!16012_3045
From: 16012_3045@uwovax.uwo.ca (Paul Gomme)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Security Devices
Message-ID: <2345@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 20 Jun 89 11:56:33 GMT
References: <2615@wpi.wpi.edu> <560@bnr-fos.UUCP> <492@focsys.UUCP>
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Organisation: Department of Economics, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada

In article <492@focsys.UUCP>, jack@focsys.UUCP (Jack Houde) writes:
> Are you sure about this?
> 
> If memory serves me correctly, the BIOS absolutely MUST see
> a floopy drive "A" or it will refuse to boot.

My XT clone will boot without an A: drive.  It complains, and takes a rather
long time to boot, but it will boot.
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