At 17:55 05-02-98 -0500, you wrote:
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> I've tried to boot from an ide Zip, on a PC with Award bios.
> For this, I did SYS from DOS over a Zip, and there appeared IO.SYS,
> MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM. But when booting from the Zip, the message
> "Starting MS-DOS" appears, and stays for ever. The PC responds to
> Ctrl+Alt+Del, so isn't lost. This method is on the believe that the
> ide Zip is just like a floppy....


Hi Javier

What is in the beginning of your MSDOS.SYS?

Is it:

WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=C

[Options]
BootMulti=0
BootGUI=1

Is the Zip drive thinking it is C:?
(Boot from the ZIP and see what drive ZIP thinks it is.)

Maybe you must change the drive letters. (Either in MSDOS.SYS
or "somewhere else" (??).)

Regards,
Bill


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