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From: yuan@uhccux.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 40 Folder Fix from Atari
Message-ID: <476@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-May-87 19:17:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  7 19:17:11 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 06:44:05 EDT
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Reply-To: yuan@uhccux.UUCP (Yuan Chang)
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In article <1987May2.120331.17011@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> pete@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli) writes:
>>     I was wondering, what if your decided to boot your ST from floppy one day,
>>and finds out that it doesn't contain GEMBOOT nor FOLDRXXX.PRG?  Slight 
>>instant disaster I suppose?
>
>I don't think so! There is a simple solution! The ST will only
>Log the Hard disk in if the Hard disk driver program is present
>on the boot disk. Simply make sure foldrxxx is on any copies of
>your boot disk. Even better, run HDboot and let the machine
>boot off of the Hard Disk!! Wasn't that easy?!


     That wasn't really the point.  If you have a (say) commercial program, 
and it requires you to boot from it (copy protected and all), there'll be a
chance in which such bug could creep in.  Besides, will the less experienced
used be careful enough?


>>- Yuan Chang -                          Wouldn't _y_o_u like to be an Amigoid too?"
>                              Not really. I find the Amigoid community to be
>                              EXCEEDINGLY rude.
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^ Boy, humour really doesn't exist
                                           in comp.sys.atari.st  :-(  
                                                                  ^
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