On 26 Jan 02 at 12:42, Day Brown wrote:
>>> I repeat: there is no problem booting and running BasicLinux
>>> from any kind of DOS drive. I've even booted it from an old
>>> 20meg Seagate drive (with two data cables) from a dusty XT.
>>> BasicLinux ran just fine, although it could not mount that HD.
>>That's cute. It never occurred to me that an os
>>could be booted from a drive it could not r/w to.
Don't forget that newer systems can boot from a CD, and they're
definitely not writeable.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Chaos, panic and disorder...my work here is done.
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