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Re: BOOT Disks on 5.25"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Graham Hemmings)
Sun Nov 24 10:57:53 1996

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 15:56:56 +0000
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From: Graham Hemmings <ghemming@netcomuk.co.uk>
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At 10:30 24/11/96 -0500, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:

>> I am trying to create a set of boot disks for a machine which only has a
>> 1.2Mb 5.25" drive.
>>=20
>> However, the machine that I am creating the disks on has its 5.25" drive
>> setup as /dev/fd1. How can I create these boot disks using lilo with this
>> setup without having to reconfigure the 5.25" drive to /dev/fd0 ?????
>Don't know how things are in the good ole uk, but these days here, one can
>buy a 1.44 3.5" floppy drive for < US $30.  =20
>
> Why not save your time and aggravation and get one?
>
>-sen

Because my BIOS won't support one, and if there is a way to do this then I
save =A315.=20



...Graham...



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