Hi Bernd!
I tested it with an AWARD BIOS... BIOS boot order: C, CDROM, A.
To test this, you first had to boot from something else than C. So either C initially contained no partitions, or you first used the boot menu of the BIOS to boot from CDROM. In the first case, the installer could have completed the install BEFORE rebooting. In the latter case, you can keep using the boot menu for later reboots. So in both cases, there is no need to first boot from C and then use software to proceed to not boot from C after all ;-) I think I prefer the following style: Configure the BIOS to boot from CDROM. Then boot the installer, partition the drive, reboot, again to CDROM, format the drive and install, take the CDROM out and reboot to the installed system. One interesting question is whether DOS can be made to recognize changed partitions without having to reboot. At least you do not (should not) need a reboot between FORMAT and use of drives. Regards, Eric
It seems to work as expected: IPL does not find (in this case) a valid VBR, waits three seconds, issues an INT 18, and the BIOS hands over to the CD-ROM boot sector.
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