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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2003 13:42:52 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Boot CD

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> >alternative to the cumbersome 4 - 5 IBM Utility Disk set is going to
> >require getting Hayo Baan's BOOTABLE working on CD.

Sandy wrote:

> Make your own bootable CD.
>
> Use bootos2 to make a maintenance partition.

I already have a maintenance partition. Do you mean I need to make another,
just for this ?

> Then copy the essential files to a virtual floppy disk.

I already have *both* of the virtual floppy program's Hayo specified.

> Then, using RSJ or the IBM makeimage utility

I take it you are referring to SAVEDSK ?

> make an image of the virtual floppy and copy it to a CD.
>
> The CD will boot as drive a:
> Any additional utilities can be copied to the CD and they will be
> accessible under a different drive letter.
>
> The essential files are referred to in an earlier e-mail of mine. If you
> can't find it, I will look it up for you.

That might be easier (unless it is already present in Hayo's documentation).
My Digest edition of this List has been skipping days more than infrequently,
so I may never have seen the edition in which your post appeared.

Jordan

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