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From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs)
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Subject: Re: MicroVAX II bootstrap program
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 12:06:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 12:06:33 1985
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> The documentation on page 2-6 of the 630QB (MicroVAX II) tech manual
> says that the primary bootstrap program "searches in order of
> increasing unit number for a bootable unit...".

I'm not sure about the manual, but what seems to happen in real life
is that the floppies get searched first (if you have floppies) and
then the hard disk.  I assume this is done to help users run diagnostics
without knowing what is going on.

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