Re: Booting from drive#2

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <591inr$2tl@news.ysu.edu>,
Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>is it possible ( and how?) to boot GSOS601 from drive#2 like /RAM5?

   It's not really possible to boot from drive #2 unless you have a
RamFAST which can boot off any partition mapped to a drive/slot.
However, if you go to the control panel/startup disk and set it to RAM
disk, /RAM5 is moved to slot 5, drive 1. Then you can boot off it.

   Doing this gets annoying as you have to first boot your computer,
format /RAM5, copy all the files to /RAM5, change control panel settings,
reboot. By now, you could have done some decent work.

   Especially if you're doing development work, /RAM5 is kinda useless
as a boot disk. The first program to corrupt memory means that you're
gonna have to reformat /RAM5, recopy, etc. Just buy a Zip and a RamFAST
and deal with it. [Or, keep very few inits/das active. Fluff slows down
boot time]

Nathan Mates
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