| From: | Wroldsen, Steve - Highways |
| Date: | 23 Aug 2000 at 15:12:42 |
| Subject: | Re: HD Floppy |
> > > > drive to fit into my Power Tower. It did not arrive with a cable to
> > > > connect it. I am currently using a DD floppy as my boot drive (DF0)
> and
> > > > want to connect the HD floppy as the secondary drive. I have one
> place
> > > to
> > > > connect the boot drive on the motherboard (Is that one word?) which
> > > leaves
> > > > nowhere obvious to connect the HD drive. Can anyone help me in
> solving
> > > > this minor mystery.
>
> 1. Why on earth do you want to keep the DD floppy in there?
>
Copying from disk to disk is the only reason I can think for keeping it. I
didn't actually realise that I could use the HD floppy as my boot drive
anyway. You learn something new every day.
> 2. If you insist, get a standard three-position floppy cable from any PC
> dealer, and plug everything in. Get a cable with a twist in it between the
> drive positions, or you'll need to switch one of the jumpers to make one
> of the drives DF1, and I can't recall exactly which. (One should have come
> with the floppy you just bought, actually.)
>
That's the answer I was looking for. I'll order one right now. Thanks a lot
for your help Jason.
Steve Wroldsen
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