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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:39:53 +1300
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sheldonisaac AT myrealbox.com wrote:
> >
> > Why does it matter where "DOS" is?
> 
> BL3 needs to find the baslin directory on your 
> DOS drive.  3.00 looked for it only on /dev/hda1
> (the normal location for C:).  However, DrDOS
> puts C: somewhere else (/dev/hda4 or /dev/hda3
> apparently).  So, 3.01 now looks on several
> different partitions for \baslin.  But I'm not 
> sure it actually works on those other partitions 
> because I haven't tested it myself.  Hopefully,
> some users with DOS partitions on hda2, hda3,
> hda4, hdb1, hdc1 or hdd1 will try it on those
> and tell us it if works.

   My first attempt at testing this was to set up a d:\baslin for BL3-01, 
then boot from it.

    Unfortunately, it first looked for c:\baslin - which it found ! - and 
cheerfully booted BL3-00  !!

    Bugger !!

    I will rename c:\baslin and try again.
 
Regards,
         Ron 

-- 
Ron Clarke 
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