BOOT CD - BIOS SEQ Question

Craig S · External Since: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 21

7/01 Dell Dimension L1000/Win Me- - For BkUp, Made Boot CD w-Roxio ECDC4 from
Boot Floppy per old PC Mag article-Netted 2 FILES: BOOTIMG.BIN(1.44MB) and
BOOTCAT.BIN(2KB). My A14 BIOS Boot sequence is 1:Floppy; 2:ARMD-FDD(note:
Googled to Dell Pre-Release note said [Modified BIOS Boot Order to have
ARMD-FDD (LS-120) as Second Boot Device]; 3:IDE-HDD; 4:ATAPI-CD-ROM;
5:DISABLED
To ever use BOOT CD would I just make CD-ROM #3 and HDD #4, and trust there
is good reason for #2 to remain per Dell post? Don't know what LS-120
is-Can't imagine getting one. Any help appreciated.

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4260

Since you don't have an LS-120 super floppy simply make #2 your CD-ROM and
#3 your Hard Disk. Even better make #1 your hard drive and only change
the boot order on those few times that you want to boot from either a
floppy disk (FDD) or CD-ROM. This would save any potential problems or
delays at boot time that might arise from leaving a floppy or CD in their
respective drives when booting your PC.
--
Mike Maltby

Craig S wrote:

> 7/01 Dell Dimension L1000/Win Me- - For BkUp, Made Boot CD w-Roxio
> ECDC4 from Boot Floppy per old PC Mag article-Netted 2 FILES:
> BOOTIMG.BIN(1.44MB) and BOOTCAT.BIN(2KB). My A14 BIOS Boot sequence
> is 1:Floppy; 2:ARMD-FDD(note: Googled to Dell Pre-Release note said
> [Modified BIOS Boot Order to have ARMD-FDD (LS-120) as Second Boot
> Device]; 3:IDE-HDD; 4:ATAPI-CD-ROM; 5:DISABLED
> To ever use BOOT CD would I just make CD-ROM #3 and HDD #4, and trust
> there is good reason for #2 to remain per Dell post? Don't know what
> LS-120 is-Can't imagine getting one. Any help appreciated.

John John · External Since: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 1937

How on earth did you make any sense of all of that in less than 15
minutes! Amazing! You sure know your stuff Mike, a real Ace! Wink

John

Mike M wrote:
> Since you don't have an LS-120 super floppy simply make #2 your CD-ROM
> and #3 your Hard Disk. Even better make #1 your hard drive and only
> change the boot order on those few times that you want to boot from
> either a floppy disk (FDD) or CD-ROM. This would save any potential
> problems or delays at boot time that might arise from leaving a floppy
> or CD in their respective drives when booting your PC.

Craig S · External Since: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 21

Thanks, Mike. I've Rarely used Boot Floppy - Never in Emergency need and
wasn't sure if I would ALWAYS have access to choosing the BIOS Boot Order
when faced with using Boot CD or Floppy in an Uh-Oh mode.

"Mike M" wrote:

> Since you don't have an LS-120 super floppy simply make #2 your CD-ROM and
> #3 your Hard Disk. Even better make #1 your hard drive and only change
> the boot order on those few times that you want to boot from either a
> floppy disk (FDD) or CD-ROM. This would save any potential problems or
> delays at boot time that might arise from leaving a floppy or CD in their
> respective drives when booting your PC.
> --
> Mike Maltby
>
>
>
> Craig S wrote:
>
> > 7/01 Dell Dimension L1000/Win Me- - For BkUp, Made Boot CD w-Roxio
> > ECDC4 from Boot Floppy per old PC Mag article-Netted 2 FILES:
> > BOOTIMG.BIN(1.44MB) and BOOTCAT.BIN(2KB). My A14 BIOS Boot sequence
> > is 1:Floppy; 2:ARMD-FDD(note: Googled to Dell Pre-Release note said
> > [Modified BIOS Boot Order to have ARMD-FDD (LS-120) as Second Boot
> > Device]; 3:IDE-HDD; 4:ATAPI-CD-ROM; 5:DISABLED
> > To ever use BOOT CD would I just make CD-ROM #3 and HDD #4, and trust
> > there is good reason for #2 to remain per Dell post? Don't know what
> > LS-120 is-Can't imagine getting one. Any help appreciated.
>
>

Mike M1 · External Since: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4260

John John wrote:

> How on earth did you make any sense of all of that in less than 15
> minutes! Amazing! You sure know your stuff Mike, a real Ace! Wink

LOL. And yes I understand exactly what you are saying. Smile

I hadn't
realised though how soon after the OP had posted that I was replying as I
had only just come back to the Win Me NGs.

As to my reply, I'm just guessing what was required.
--
Mike Maltby

Who won't be back for some time. Smile