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- Note: SpeedStor (sstor) modifies SEVERAL locations in the boot sector!
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- The SpeedStor manual says it does not modify locations 0xEA -- 0x17D
- BUT THEY LIE! If you use the "Parameter Override" feature, "sstor"
- (evidently) puts the new disk parameters in locations 0xEA -- 0xF9.
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- If you install BOOTAUTO and then run sstor, using the parameter
- override feature, you will have clobbered the BOOTAUTO program in a
- way such that it hangs or repeats its menu when you make a selection!
- (Yes, I learned this the hard way...)
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- To get around this problem, I wrote a slimmed-down version of the boot
- program, called BOOTMENU, which has unused "holes" strategicly placed
- in the locations known to be clobbered by SpeedStor. Though this
- version has the advantage of SpeedStor compatibility, it does not have
- the ability to do automatic, unattended reboots like BOOTAUTO can.
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- For future reference, also note that sstor will modify locations
- 0x17E -- 0x1BD if you create SpeedStor partitions. To their credit,
- this is indeed mentioned in the manual.
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