Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:?

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From: Tseng Fan-Hsiang
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 00:00

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sunny@exp2.wam.umd.edu (John Y.H. Huang) wrote:


>Hi, I had the same problem and so I did exactly what this article said
>to do (switch the controllers between the two floppy drives) and now both
>my floppy drive (a: 5.25 and b: 3.5) don't work, the lights is on all the
>time and the computer doesn't recognize it.  Can someone help me.
>Thanks in advance.
>
>John Huang      sunny@wam.umd.edu 
>
You must have connected the flat cable to the wrong direction of the
floppy drive. Remember the red side of the cable is connected to pin 1
of the connector. The pin number is printed on the pc board of the
floppy drive.

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Subject: Re: [Q]: Booting from floppy B:?
Date: 1995/10/24
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