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kqr said:
when booting a new system why cant the cdrom and the floppy run at the
same
time?
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Why would you need those 2 devices to run at the same time if the system is
booting from a hard drive ?
Even if the system is booting from a CD then the floppy can be accessed at
the appropriate time (e.g. if you are doing a setup)

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Mike Brannigan said:
Why would you need those 2 devices to run at the same time if the system is
booting from a hard drive ?
Even if the system is booting from a CD then the floppy can be accessed at
the appropriate time (e.g. if you are doing a setup)

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Regards,

Mike
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