Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!ilan343 From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Change the order of boot selection Message-ID: <1991Mar31.175512.3331@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 31 Mar 91 17:55:12 GMT References: <1991Mar28.190430.4005@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 9 In article <1991Mar28.190430.4005@hubcap.clemson.edu> chrisb@hubcap.clemson.edu (Chris Behrens) writes: >I want to change the order the system looks for the valid system disk >from A:, B:, C:... to C:, A:, B:... so that either the hard drive is >check first, or that the disk drives are not checked. I would prefer to >just change the order, not knock out the diskette drives. The setup in my BIOS allows you to select the boot order. Also has an option to prompt the user for a boot disk before atually booting up the system. I am using a Microid Research BIOS (version 1.1).