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- Subject: Re: minor E/L floppy problem
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- To: Mark Stone <markst@kudonet.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 18:06:28 -0500 (EST)
- From: Dave <dmh@cnct.com>
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- On 28 Mar 1996, Mark Stone wrote:
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- > I have an odd floppy configuration from when my 486 used to be a 386:
- > A drive is a 5 1/4, B drive is a 3 1/2. To get Executor to look
- > in the right place for a floppy, I have to set MacVolumes to
- > /dev/fd1. This works fine when I start up Executor, but if I
- > "eject" the floppy during an Executor session, put in a new floppy,
- > and ask Executor to check for a floppy, it goes back to looking
- > for a disk in the A drive.
-
- Why not switch your drives?
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- Change your 5.25 cable with your 3.5 cable and change the bios settings
- to point to the first floppy as 3.5 and second floppy as 5.25.
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- Not only would this help executor but I find it really annoying to have
- to access the 3.5 floppy from the second drive.
-
- Just a thought,
-
- Dave
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