> Aley Keprt wrote: > > If you autoboot non-bootable disk, you simply get "no dos". > > So what? > > Just for neatness really - if it knows it's not bootable then there's no > point in trying.
I think we are talking about nothing. (How do you Engishs call this?) We can continue with talking about how orange is orange, as Al Bundy did in that famous tv programme. > I have CD-ROM as my first boot choice in the BIOS on my PC. If there's a > regular data CD in it it'll continue on to boot C, but if it spots a > bootable CD it'll give me 5 seconds to press a key to allow me to boot from > it. I just liked that kind of smarter idea, especially if it's little work > to implement. Yea, I see you want a meesage: "The disk is not bootable, you have 5 seconds until it is booted?" or whatever similar message to your PC BIOS? :-))) > > I can't imagine why somebody can have non-bootable disk in drive 1 > > when booting, since you can't boot from drive 2, and without booting > > DOS you can hardly work with the Coupe. > > I sometimes leave data disks in drive 1 when I quit, so they're present when > I start up again. With the autoboot option enabled (assuming it _should_ be > a persistent option) it'll just mean it's ignored. If I lost a non-bootable disk in drive, I prefer to see "no dos" rather than to asking myself: "why doesn't it boot? what's wrong?" and pressing F9 nervously. You could ask a psychologist what people do if system doesn't boot up, although they have a disk in drive. I think I know the answer: they press F9 and get the "no dos" message. So why not to boot automatically. > Si Aley
