From: wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) Subject: Re: FAQ-finding mission 1: boot techniques Date: 22 Jun 1992 06:41:44 GMT
In article <1992Jun22.042513.13197@muddcs.claremont.edu> jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>
>>Bootany - The FAQ lists it but doesn't follow through. I can't
>>find it at tsx-11. This should get more description in the FAQ
>>or get flushed.
>
>It can be found in the Simtel-20 archives, but it is really the
>precursor to the bootactive found with the pfdisk source. It is
>similar to shoelace's winiboot, from what I understand, and would
>require either boothard.S or shoelace.
Please listen to my humble advise: stay away from bootany. It causes
distasters to you hard drive with high probability. Many OS/2 users
experienced the same thing. I myself was one of the victims.
Wen-Chun Ni