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From: spf@bonnie.ATT.COM
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Subject: Re: Booting xenix/microport unix from drives other than C:
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Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 10:16:08 EST
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Reply-To: spf@bonnie.UUCP (Steve Frysinger)
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Keywords: PC/AT unix boot

I also use a DOS boot floppy. But its AUTOEXEC.BAT should point
to drive C:, not D:, since DOS will look at what YOU call drive C:,
decide there's no DOS partition, then look at the next drive (which
YOU call drive D:), and call it C:.  Got it?  The bottom line is that
DOS doesn't acknowledge (or assign letters to) drives which lack
DOS partitions.  So it ignores the drive with XENIX on it, and
labels the NEXT one C:.

Steve
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