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Subject: Re: boot sd0 when there is a wd0 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Oct 1996 19:45:44 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 21:31:34 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> > What else do I have to do?
> 
> Use the boot floppy.  At the Boot: prompt, type

Uh, that's probably not the answer he was looking for. ;-)
Booting from a floppy is a last-resort solution, and a pain
in any situation.

I think you can boot from the standard HD boot blocks, but you
have to say:

	hd(0,a)/kernel

To boot the kernel.

					Jordan