Re: Switching A: and B: floppy drives on GW2000

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From: Vijay_Anand
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:28

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I wrote:
>   I was trying to boot Linux yesterday on my Gateway 2000 486-33 using
>my 3.5in drive which is configured as the B drive. I tried two things
>1. Use the boot_b.exe shareware program that allows you to boot from B:
>2. Switch the 4pin cables of the A and B floppy drives

Thanks to everybody who responded. I swapped the power cable, I should
have swapped the ribbon cable. Pretty stupid of me.

Vijay

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:28:14 -0500 
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Subject: Re: Switching A: and B: floppy drives on GW2000
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