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From: UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET ("O. Steinmeier")
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Subject: PC-SPEED
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Date: 14 Feb 90 02:52:00 GMT
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In <90Feb9.235128est.57802@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Greg Csullog
writes:

> Since that posting, I formatted drive C: with MS DOS but I could
> not get PC Speed to boot from hard disk. Was that because I reran
> HINSTALL to have the ST boot from C: as well?

Yes, that's it!
If you want TOS to boot from C:, you cannot tell PC-SPEED to boot
MS-DOS from TOS-drive C:. The PC-SPEED-software reads the MS-DOS-
system-files from DOS-drive C:, which can be set to an arbitrary
TOS-drive (e.g. D:). So all you have to do (assuming MS-DOS
boot-drive is TOS-D:) is:

1. Run PCS_INST and tell PC-Speed that you have a harddisk (do NOT
   select 'HDBOOT') and attach MS-DOS drive C: to TOS-drive D:
   (other connections as you would like to have them)
2. Run PC_SPEED and boot MS-DOS using your boot floppy-disk.
3. Try to switch to drive C:. It should work - and the contents
   should be the contents of your TOS-partition D:.
4. Format MS-DOS-drive C: using the FORMAT-command. Don't forget to
   use option /s to install the system files on your boot partition.
   FORMAT deletes the information which was stored on MS-DOS-drive C:.
   Make sure that you have copied your important files to another
   partition or disk, before you format the partition.
5. Leave MS-DOS and rerun PCS_INST. Tell PC-SPEED that you would
   like to boot MS-DOS from your harddisk (i.e. select HDBOOT).
6. Run PC_SPEED and press RETURN without inserting a boot disk.
   Your computer should boot from your harddisk.

By the way, you should NOT allow PC-SPEED to access harddisk
partitions which are smaller than 4.2 MB, because MS-DOS cannot
handle them. It could cause data loss!

Oliver

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Disclaimer: Everything I wrote might be wrong, even this!
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Oliver Steinmeier                     (UK14@DKAUNI2.BITNET)
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