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John Chin <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Mar 1999 02:20:55 -0500
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At 11:20 PM 3/15/99 Harvey Rose wrote:
>I'm still trying to boot from C drive on the Packard Bell 386. . .
>
>The operating system is Dos 6.2 with Stacker . . .


Harvey

It's been a long time since I've used Stacker so
correct me if I'm mistaken.

Stacker "hides" the actual Boot Drive C: as
another, hidden drive letter and the Stacked
"volume" becomes the putative C: drive. Therefore,
you have to put the startup files on that hidden
drive letter (the "true" C: drive). The free
space on the actual C: drive may be too small
to allow you to SYS that drive.

At some point, a hardware solution (upgrading
the hard drive) makes more sense than refining
the software solution (Stacker) any further.

Good luck.

John Chin

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