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From: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is it possible to boot from drive B?
Message-ID: <393@demott.COM>
Date: 11 Jul 90 15:59:22 GMT
References: <25782@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
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In article <25782@unix.cis.pitt.edu> ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek) writes:
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>My PC has 2 floppy drives.  A is a 5.25" 1.2M and B is a 3.5" 1.44M.
>Is there some way in software to get the machine to boot from drive B?
>I want to do this because I have Minix on 3.5" disks and need to boot with
>them to get Minix running.
>

    I have finally found such a technique - open your machine, and swap the
connections on the floppy drives.  This will turn drive B into drive A, and
now you can boot from it.


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