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- From: robertso@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za (Mike Robertson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: re: Resetting Floppy drives under Windows
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 14:33:12 GMT
- Organization: Computer Services, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, RSA
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- Sender: Mike Robertson
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- In article <2FaowB4w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us> davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) writes:
- >I have suddenly been visited with a previously unknown problem. Floppy
- >drives no longer reset themselves after a preliminary access. I am
- >certain that this is a changeline problem, but I do not know where to
- >look in the config. Any ideas?
-
- Hi,
-
-
- I would suggest that you place a DRIVPARM statement in your CONFIG.SYS.
- E.g if it's a 1.44Mb, 3╜ " B: drive:
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- DRIVEPARM=/D:1 /F:7 /C
-
-
- Where D = Drive 0 or 1
- F = Form Factor, 1=1.2Mb; 2=720kb; 7=1.44Mb
- and C = Change line support
-
- NOTE: You will need to place a copy of the DRIVER.SYS file into your ROOT directory to enable this command to work
-
- (BTW:This problem started happening with me when I included my floppy drives in the Norton NCACHE2 command line.)
-
-
- I hope that this helps - Happy New Year,
-
-
- Mike Robertson | DISCLAIMER: These are *my* thoughts & are
- robertso@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za | thus not necessarily those of the Computer
- | Services Div. at the University of Natal
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