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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 19:33:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Simon Oke <simon AT loony DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Drive Help
In-Reply-To: <m2iv856a6f.fsf@loony.demon.co.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961020192837.500I-100000@is>
Mime-Version: 1.0

On 20 Oct 1996, Simon Oke wrote:

> > I'm saying that it is always there on a PC.  If the drive is 
> > disconnected, as far as I know DOS will refuse to boot.
> 
> Mine has no power connector at the moment, is disabled in the BIOS
> setup, and the machine boots just fine.

And which drives does DOS think are available?  Does it call the hard 
disk A: or C:?  If it's C:, what do you get when you type this:

	cd a:

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