ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek) (07/11/90)
My PC has 2 floppy drives. A is a 5.25" 1.2M and B is a 3.5" 1.44M. Is there some way in software to get the machine to boot from drive B? I want to do this because I have Minix on 3.5" disks and need to boot with them to get Minix running. Thanks. Ernest ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu ejost@cisunx.UUCP
kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) (07/11/90)
In article <25782@unix.cis.pitt.edu> ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek) writes: > >My PC has 2 floppy drives. A is a 5.25" 1.2M and B is a 3.5" 1.44M. >Is there some way in software to get the machine to boot from drive B? >I want to do this because I have Minix on 3.5" disks and need to boot with >them to get Minix running. > I have finally found such a technique - open your machine, and swap the connections on the floppy drives. This will turn drive B into drive A, and now you can boot from it. -- _ Kevin D. Quitt demott!kdq kdq@demott.com DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St. Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266 VOICE (818) 988-4975 FAX (818) 997-1190 MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last 96.37% of all statistics are made up.
mouse@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Dhanapong Saengrussamee-University of North Texas) (07/12/90)
In article <25782@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek) writes: > My PC has 2 floppy drives. A is a 5.25" 1.2M and B is a 3.5" 1.44M. > Is there some way in software to get the machine to boot from drive B? > I want to do this because I have Minix on 3.5" disks and need to boot with > them to get Minix running. > > Ernest -- Pardon my ignorance, but I do not know either if you can do that with software. If there's such a way, could some good soul also let me know, please, please? Well, you can switch the cable (and reconfig. the drive table) or buy a new controller card that will allow you to do that. July issues of Computer Shopper page 459 has one advertised. Also page 499. It is the same product call Compaticard. I do not know if this thing works but sound likes a good idea to me (also supports up to 4 drive: 2 internal & 2 external OR all 4 internal! Boot from any drive! $129 Wow....) __Mouse.o()~ -----------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Dhanapong "Mouse" Saengrussamee | AppleLink : U1364 | BITNET : mouse@untvax Technical Support, CECS Dept., | BIX : d.mouse.s | CompuServe : 71301,1516 University of North Texas, | GENie : d.saengrussa | IP : 129.120.1.4 PO Box 5155, Denton, TX 76203-5155 | Internet : mouse@vaxb.acs.unt.edu voice (817) 565-3790 | SPAN : utspan::utandx::untvax::mouse fax (817) 565-4425 | THENet : untvax::mouse ------------------- UUCP : {...!uunet!convex!iex}!ntvax!vaxb.acs.unt.edu!mouse
richard@smosjc.UUCP (Richard Asano) (07/20/90)
In article <25782@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek) writes: > > My PC has 2 floppy drives. A is a 5.25" 1.2M and B is a 3.5" 1.44M. > Is there some way in software to get the machine to boot from drive B? > I want to do this because I have Minix on 3.5" disks and need to boot with > them to get Minix running. It took me a while to find it, but here it is. There is a software solution to booting from drive B:. According the the Advisor in PC Magazine April 10, 1990: ..... your software option is B: Boot! ($19.90 plus $2 shipping and handling: YWSoft, P.O. Box 2231, Bloomington, IN 47401; (812) 857-4772). You stick the B:Boot! disk into drive A: and bootable DOS diskette into drive B: and reboot the computer. B:Boot! forces the machine to boot from the B: drvie, and from then on the machine recognizes the two drives as reversed. B:Boot! is the only way to go if your games require that you boot from the game diskette. I have not personnally tried this program. I have only copied this text from PC Magazine (without their permission). Richard Asano uunet!smosjc!richard