Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!news From: tpf4434@DOMAIN_2.lerc.nasa.gov () Subject: Message-ID: <1990Mar10.214534.7611@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: tpf4434@DOMAIN_2.lerc.nasa.gov () Organization: ops Date: Sat, 10 Mar 90 21:45:34 GMT In article <2963.25f214c2@crcc.uh.edu> rui@athena.mit.edu (Christopher Tung) writes: >Subject:Booting Problem >Message-ID: <1990Mar5.123429.26326@athena.mit.edu> >Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) >Reply-To: rui@athena.mit.edu >Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology >Date: Mon, 5 Mar 90 12:34:29 GMT >Lines: 15 > >This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I get my PC Clone to boot >from drive b:? It boots from drive a: , a 5 1/2 HD drive, but it won't >boot from drive b: a >3 1/2 HD drive. I place a disk into the drive, it reads it and then >continues to go >to my hard drive c: to finish the process. I don't want drive c: to >boot because it's devices take up too much ram. Which files do I have >to alter and what do I add to them. Please e-mail me or post this. > Thanks in advance. > >******************************************************************* >*** Chris Tung rui@athena.mit.edu *** >*** a.k.a. Massachussetts Institute of *** >*** NINJA Technology *** >******************************************************************* it's not possible to boot from drive B unless you physically open the system unit, and swap the connectors on drive A and B.. part of IBM's original design of the PC was to disable booting from drive B.. you'll never be able to accomplish it.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Thanks, * * Ted Fabian NASA Lewis Research Center * * Cleveland, Ohio * * * * phone: 216-433-6307 FTS 297-6307 | disclaimer: * * email: tpfabian@nasamail.nasa.gov | my opinions * * tfabian@earth.lerc.nasa.gov | are my own * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -