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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Floppy disk change problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.182919.28053@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov16.210720.20937@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:29:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.210720.20937@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mcover@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark Coverdill) writes:
- >I have a Gateway 2000 486/33 with a 321Mb ESDI hard drive on an
- >UltraStor controller. The floppy drives are controlled through an
- >Archive XL 125Mb tape controller.
- >When a place a disk in drive a: (a 3.5 inch floppy) and do a dir on
- >the disk it reads the directory fine. However, a problem occurs when
- >I remove the first floppy and place a new one in. I do a dir and I get
- >the directory from the first floppy!
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- There's usually a jumper on the drive itself which controls the disk
- change line. You'll want to move that jumper.
-
- For details, ask the folks in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, because this
- really is a hardware issue more than an OS/2 one. (Read their FAQ
- List first, if they have one.)
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