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(1.0378441731334074, u"From: Thomas Dachsel <GERTHD@mvs.sas.com>\nSubject: BOOT PROBLEM with IDE controller\nNntp-Posting-Host: sdcmvs.mvs.sas.com\nOrganization: SAS Institute Inc.\nLines: 25\n\nHi,\nI've got a Multi I/O card (IDE controller + serial/parallel\ninterface) and two floppy drives (5 1/4, 3 1/2) and a\nQuantum ProDrive 80AT connected to it.\nI was able to format the hard disk, but I could not boot from\nit. I can boot from drive A: (which disk drive does not matter)\nbut if I remove the disk from drive A and press the reset switch,\nthe LED of drive A: continues to glow, and the hard disk is\nnot accessed at all.\nI guess this must be a problem of either the Multi I/o card\nor floppy disk drive settings (jumper configuration?)\nDoes someone have any hint what could be the reason for it.\nPlease reply by email to GERTHD@MVS.SAS.COM\nThanks,\nThomas\n+-------------------------------------------------------------------+\n| Thomas Dachsel |\n| Internet: GERTHD@MVS.SAS.COM |\n| Fidonet: Thomas_Dachsel@camel.fido.de (2:247/40) |\n| Subnet: dachsel@rnivh.rni.sub.org (UUCP in Germany, now active) |\n| Phone: +49 6221 4150 (work), +49 6203 12274 (home) |\n| Fax: +49 6221 415101 |\n| Snail: SAS Institute GmbH, P.O.Box 105307, D-W-6900 Heidelberg |\n| Tagline: One bad sector can ruin a whole day... |\n+-------------------------------------------------------------------+\n")
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(1.1503043264096682, u'From: rpao@mts.mivj.ca.us (Roger C. Pao)\nSubject: Re: Booting from B drive\nOrganization: MicroTech Software\nLines: 34\n\nglang@slee01.srl.ford.com (Gordon Lang) writes:\n\n>David Weisberger (djweisbe@unix.amherst.edu) wrote:\n>: I have a 5 1/4" drive as drive A. How can I make the system boot from\n>: my 3 1/2" B drive? (Optimally, the computer would be able to boot\n>: from either A or B, checking them in order for a bootable disk. But\n>: if I have to switch cables around and simply switch the drives so that\n>: it can\'t boot 5 1/4" disks, that\'s OK. Also, boot_b won\'t do the trick\n>: for me.)\n>: \n>: Thanks,\n>: Davebo\n>We had the same issue plague us for months on our Gateway. I finally\n>got tired of it so I permanently interchanged the drives. The only\n>reason I didn\'t do it in the first place was because I had several\n>bootable 5-1/4\'s and some 5-1/4 based install disks which expected\n>the A drive. I order all new software (and upgrades) to be 3-1/2 and\n>the number of "stupid" install programs that can\'t handle an alternate\n>drive are declining with time - the ones I had are now upgraded. And\n>as for the bootable 5-1/4\'s I just cut 3-1/2 replacements.\n\n>If switching the drives is not an option, you might be able to wire up\n>a drive switch to your computer chasis. I haven\'t tried it but I think\n>it would work as long as it is wired carefully.\n\nI did this. I use a relay (Radio Shack 4PDT) instead of a huge\nswitch. This way, if the relay breaks, my drives will still work.\n\nIt works fine, but you may still need to change the CMOS before the\ndrive switch will work correctly for some programs.\n\nrp93\n-- \nRoger C. Pao {gordius,bagdad}!mts!rpao, rpao@mts.mivj.ca.us\n')
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(1.2793959084781283, u'From: vg@volkmar.Stollmann.DE (Volkmar Grote)\nSubject: IBM PS/1 vs TEAC FD\nDistribution: world\nOrganization: Me? Organized?\nLines: 21\n\nHello,\n\nI already tried our national news group without success.\n\nI tried to replace a friend\'s original IBM floppy disk in his PS/1-PC\nwith a normal TEAC drive.\nI already identified the power supply on pins 3 (5V) and 6 (12V), shorted\npin 6 (5.25"/3.5" switch) and inserted pullup resistors (2K2) on pins\n8, 26, 28, 30, and 34.\nThe computer doesn\'t complain about a missing FD, but the FD\'s light\nstays on all the time. The drive spins up o.k. when I insert a disk,\nbut I can\'t access it.\nThe TEAC works fine in a normal PC.\n\nAre there any points I missed?\n\nThank you.\n\tVolkmar\n\n---\nVolkmar.Grote@Stollmann.DE\n')