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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!shim
  3. From: shim@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sam Shim)
  4. Subject: Re: Anyone know of a way to cold boot off second floppy drive?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.234615.26661@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
  6. Keywords: boot
  7. Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: magnusug.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
  9. Organization: The Ohio State University
  10. References: <1992Nov17.100223.25643@htsa.aha.nl> <davem.722044569@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <digdug.722191406@pv7b02.vincent.iastate.edu>
  11. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:46:15 GMT
  12. Lines: 7
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  14. In article <digdug.722191406@pv7b02.vincent.iastate.edu> digdug@iastate.edu (Doug V Tran) writes:
  15. >Else you can use the msdos command 'assign'
  16.  
  17. Assign is a DOS command, so you can't use assign to boot off of the B: floppy
  18. since the computer has already booted up with DOS.
  19.  
  20. -Sam-
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