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In article <1992Dec18.081657.817@ualr.edu> showalter@acs.harding.edu writes:

>In article <1992Dec18.022913.19683@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec17.183812.7317@pony.Ingres.COM> bonobo@Ingres.COM (David Victor) writes:
>>>I just bought a new 486SX-25 clone system, and I'm pretty happy with it, 
>>>except for one thing: 
>>>
>>>I do a "DIR B:" (B: is my 3.5" floppy drive) on disk #1, and get a valid 
>>>file listing.
>>>
>>>I take out disk #1 and replace it with disk #2, which is known to have
>>>different files on it (verified on 2 other machines).
>>>
>>>I do a "DIR B:" again, and I get the *same* file listing as I had on my
>>>disk #1!
>>>
>>>If I reboot the machine and do a "DIR B:" on disk #2, I see the correct
>>>listing of the contents of disk #2 (which again supports my contention
>>>that disk #1 and disk #2 have different files on them).
>>>
>>>In other words, my directory listing is the same for every disk I insert
>>>into drive B: forever, until I reboot.  Can anyone tell me what's going
>>>on?  Thanks for any help!!
>>>
>>>-David Victor
>>
>David, I've been maintaing the micros here at school for about 3 years and
>I've seen the problem you describe a dozen times or so. So far every single
>one has been fixed by replacing the ribbon cable between the drive and
>controller. I've also been told by TEAC that the "DC" jumper on the drive
>must sometimes be changed....take it off if it's there and vice versa.
>Good luck.

>Phil

Sounds like your drive either doesn't have DC (disk change) or the jumber 
isn't set properly.  This lets the system know that a new disk has been 
inserted.  On your current setup you should be able to do B: enter and then 
do a dir and read the contents of the new disk.  Hope that helps.



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