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- BOOT_RND - Boot Around
- Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 Solutions by the Numbers
-
- Are you tired of starting your computer only to get a message that the
- disk in drive A: does not contain a system? By using Boot Around
- after formatting a floppy disk, the disk will always pass the boot
- process through to the hard disk. Boot Around is a program that
- creates a boot sector on your floppy disk, that will re-direct
- the boot process to your first fixed disk. It is not a TSR
- (obviously) nor does it in any way alter the format of the diskette.
- It simply replaces the non-functional boot sector of the floppy with
- one that redirects the boot process. All DOS disk parameters are
- left unaltered. Since Boot Around does all of its changes in the
- boot sector, the BOOT_RND program does not need to be present on
- the floppy disk.
-
- Using Boot Around:
-
- Place any diskette you want to re-route the boot process to
- your first fixed disk in drive A: and enter the command:
-
- BOOT_RND
-
- Boot Around does not accept any parameters.
-
- When Boot Around is run, it will check the disk in Drive A: and
- determine whether it currently has a system on it. If it does have
- a system on it, you will be asked if you want to continue with the
- process. If you choose to continue, BOOT_RND will alter the disk in
- drive A: so that whenever the computer is started with that disk in
- drive A:, the boot process will be re-directed to the first fixed
- disk.
-
- If the disk in drive A: does not contain a system but Boot Around
- determines it was not formatted under DOS (possibly a game disk),
- you will be given a warning that it was not formatted under DOS and
- asked if you want to continue. If you continue, the disk in Drive
- A: will be altered to re-direct the boot process.
-
- If the disk was formatted under DOS and there is no system on it,
- Boot Around will alter the disk in Drive A: without any warnings or
- prompts.
-
- Boot Around does all of its changes in the boot record of the disk
- in drive A:. Under no circumstances will it write to your fixed
- disk.
-
- Setting up a batch file for formatting diskettes may be helpful
-
- @ECHO OFF
- REM -- frmt.bat --
- FORMAT %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
- IF %1.==A:. BOOT_RND
- IF %1.==a:. BOOT_RND
-
- This will ensure that any diskettes formatted in drive A: will
- pass the boot process through to the hard disk.
-
- This program is supplied AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular
- purpose.
-
- If you have any questions or comments concerning BOOT_RND, send them to:
-
- Solutions by the Numbers
- P.O. Box 1856
- Germantown, MD 20875
-
-
- If you would like a copy of the assembly source for BOOT_RND, send
- $5.00 to the above address.
-
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