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From: franky@netmbx.UUCP (Frank Bergemann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Booting an ill HD (Was: TOS 1.4 vs. old (1988) ICD HD utilities)
Keywords: TOS 1.4, ICD, icdboot.prg, bombs
Message-ID: <1166@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 90 10:43:59 GMT
References: <384@saxony.pa.reuter.COM> <2150@lzsc.ATT.COM> <964@tharr.UUCP>
Reply-To: franky@netmbx.UUCP (Frank Bergemann)
Organization: netmbx, Berlin, West Germany
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In article <964@tharr.UUCP> chris@tharr.UUCP (Chris Allen) writes:
]In article <2150@lzsc.ATT.COM> hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:
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]Why not just switch off [or unplug] the hard disk, boot the computer from a
]floppy, switch on the hard disk [or plug it in] and boot it manually? This
]is what I do all the time when I have nasty .accs etc
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]
 and you never saw sparks when you plug in the system with HD and Computer
 switched on ?
 i hold down the alternate key while switching on the system and it will 
 boot from disk, ignoring the HD, does this only work with tos1.4 ?

 ...Franky.............