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BOOT CD - BIOS SEQ Question
7/01 Dell Dimension L1000/Win Me- - For BkUp, Made Boot CD w-Roxio ECDC4 from
Boot Floppy per old PC Mag article-Netted 2 FILES: BOOTIMG.BIN(1.44MB) and BOOTCAT.BIN(2KB). My A14 BIOS Boot sequence is 1:Floppy; 2:ARMD-FDD(note: Googled to Dell Pre-Release note said [Modified BIOS Boot Order to have ARMD-FDD (LS-120) as Second Boot Device]; 3:IDE-HDD; 4:ATAPI-CD-ROM; 5ISABLED To ever use BOOT CD would I just make CD-ROM #3 and HDD #4, and trust there is good reason for #2 to remain per Dell post? Don't know what LS-120 is-Can't imagine getting one. Any help appreciated. |
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How on earth did you make any sense of all of that in less than 15
minutes! Amazing! You sure know your stuff Mike, a real Ace! ;-) John Mike M wrote: Since you don't have an LS-120 super floppy simply make #2 your CD-ROM and #3 your Hard Disk. Even better make #1 your hard drive and only change the boot order on those few times that you want to boot from either a floppy disk (FDD) or CD-ROM. This would save any potential problems or delays at boot time that might arise from leaving a floppy or CD in their respective drives when booting your PC. |
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John John wrote:
How on earth did you make any sense of all of that in less than 15 minutes! Amazing! You sure know your stuff Mike, a real Ace! ;-) LOL. And yes I understand exactly what you are saying. :-) I hadn't realised though how soon after the OP had posted that I was replying as I had only just come back to the Win Me NGs. As to my reply, I'm just guessing what was required. -- Mike Maltby Who won't be back for some time. :-) |
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Thanks, Mike. I've Rarely used Boot Floppy - Never in Emergency need and
wasn't sure if I would ALWAYS have access to choosing the BIOS Boot Order when faced with using Boot CD or Floppy in an Uh-Oh mode. "Mike M" wrote: Since you don't have an LS-120 super floppy simply make #2 your CD-ROM and #3 your Hard Disk. Even better make #1 your hard drive and only change the boot order on those few times that you want to boot from either a floppy disk (FDD) or CD-ROM. This would save any potential problems or delays at boot time that might arise from leaving a floppy or CD in their respective drives when booting your PC. -- Mike Maltby Craig S wrote: 7/01 Dell Dimension L1000/Win Me- - For BkUp, Made Boot CD w-Roxio ECDC4 from Boot Floppy per old PC Mag article-Netted 2 FILES: BOOTIMG.BIN(1.44MB) and BOOTCAT.BIN(2KB). My A14 BIOS Boot sequence is 1:Floppy; 2:ARMD-FDD(note: Googled to Dell Pre-Release note said [Modified BIOS Boot Order to have ARMD-FDD (LS-120) as Second Boot Device]; 3:IDE-HDD; 4:ATAPI-CD-ROM; 5ISABLED To ever use BOOT CD would I just make CD-ROM #3 and HDD #4, and trust there is good reason for #2 to remain per Dell post? Don't know what LS-120 is-Can't imagine getting one. Any help appreciated. |
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