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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Chuck Robey wrote:

> Doug, I was surprised to find that the function keys are mapped to all 
> partitions, even inactive ones, which means that to boot from the second 
> disk, you have to hit F5.  At that point, it tells you the new default is 
> F1 again, but gives the partition name from the 2nd disk, and you hit return.
> 
> I think those semantics are kinda confusing, myself.

That's BootEasy for you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major