On 2002.11.17 16:03 Laurens Holst wrote:
> Ah, oh, I hope you understood right when I was talking about not using
> partition 0. I actually meant the A: drive rather than partition 0. Using it
> ok, however I recommend only to use it to boot your MSX from, and for more
> or less temporary stuff, or anything you have backed up elsewhere (for
> example, games) (like Pumpkin Adventure).
>
> If you set partition 1 as your A: drive, I don't think it is really
> different compared to using partition 0. The MSX software doesn't know about
> partitions (except for the IDE ROM), however it does know about drives, so
> if something goes wrong it's usually on a driveletter-level and not on
> partition-level.
So, you're best off, if you at least put MSXDOS2.SYS and COMMAND2.COM
in the root dir of each partition. Doesn't take up *that* much space and
you're sure to be able to boot your system at all times :-)
Eric
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