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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL 3.01
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 12:13:19 +1100

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

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