Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!rde From: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Booting early PCs from hard disk (was PC ROM copying) Message-ID: <1776@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 17:06:12 EDT Article-I.D.: eagle.1776 Posted: Tue Aug 12 17:06:12 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Aug-86 05:55:54 EDT Reply-To: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) Organization: U of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK Lines: 258 [food for line eater] For those who are interested, here is a way of booting a PC from a hard disk, even if it has the early BIOS which doesn't support same. The instructions for extraction are as follows: 1) Cut the file at the points marked --CUT HERE-- below. 2) Run through uudecode to get the binary file. 3) Use Kermit or similar to transfer to the PC. Remember the "set file type binary" on the host end. 4) The file is called WRBOOT.COM. Just run it in the usual way by using the command WRBOOT. You will need a formatted floppy handy. The program makes this into a DOS boot disk. As an alternative to 2) and 3) above, download the uuencoded file and use uudecode on the PC, if you have it. Enjoy! -------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE--- begin 777 wrboot.com MZ7$DZ<< 2$)/3U0@,#$ @$! ) $ !_@$ " ! T*3F\@ M=F%L:60@4D]-(&9O=6YD("T@2!A<'!R96-I871E9"X@ KK_(" @(+H.(" @02!S=6T@;V8@$ ^< M,3 N,# 1#B!I2!E;G1R>2 @(" "NO\@(" @N@X@("!W:&EC:"!W M:6QL('!R:6YT(&%N(&EN=F]I8V4N(%5S92!T:&ES(&EF(&ET('=I;&P@<&QE M87-E('EO=7(@(" @ KK_(" @(+H.(" @86-C;W5N=&%N="$@(" @(" @(" @ M(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @( *Z M_R @(""Z(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @ M(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(+K_(" @(+H.(" @4BY$+B!% M86=E&ET('1O($1/4_______#B @(" @(" @(" @ M(" @(%-E;&5C="!O<'1I;VXZ( L@ K___\@(" @(" @(" @5R!2($D@5"!% M(" @2"!!(%(@1" @($0@22!3($L@("!"($\@3R!4(" @1B!,($\@4"!0(%G_ M____"R @(" @(" @(" @(" @16YT97(@=&AE( ]D2!K97D@=&\@8V]N=&EN=64N+BX #O__(" @(" @(" @ M(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @("!#($\@3B!&($D@4B!-____#B @(" @ M(" @(" @(" @(%EO=2!A7!E(&%N>71H:6YG M(&5L6]U(&AA=F4@8W)E871E9"!A(&1I7,L('1H96X@<')E7-T96T@2!T:&5N('!R;V-E960@=VET:"!U6]U(&AA=F4@;F]T('EE="!P=70@ M82!C;W!Y(&]F($1/4R!O;G1O('EO=7(@:&%R9"!D:7-K+"!Y;W4@=VEL;"!S M964@(" "NO\@N@X@(&%N(&5R'0L(')U M;B!T:&4@1D1)4TL@=71I;&ET>2!T;R!C;VYF:6=U6]U2!O9B!$3U,@(" @( *Z_R"Z#B @;VYT;R!T:&4@:&%R9"!D:7-K+"!U6%B;&4N(" @(" @(" @(" @ M(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" C,3 N,# -"E!A>6UE;G0@=&\@(E(N1"X@ M14%'15(B(&%T('1H92 @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @(" @("!$544- M"F%B;W9E(&%D9')E*/F\C@.> "L>B;R/K(%90,O^T LT0 M6+0)BAYO([D! ,T07O["@/I0? 0RTO[&ZY_#Z%C_OH0),]+HCO_H9O_H5__H M) \,7P$/#1^$^A._[0*N0$ L"#-$+@'#LT0Z]\L,)A0Z%O_6,,RY,T6P\T1 ML0;2Z/[ HG$CZ!#_OF<*,]+H1O_H'O_H#__HW/\DWSQ1=0/IM L07P&.@9Q M(WP4M JY 0"P(,T0M ZP!\T0Z.S^Z].*T(@6A+ 8_N@T_NCD_K1 NP0 NEX=N0<&S2'H+?[# end -------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE------CUT HERE--- -- Bob Eager rde@ukc.UUCP rde@ukc ...!mcvax!ukc!rde Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589