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Re: question about 3.5 and 5.25 disk drives

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From: Chet Chin
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 1990 23:32
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In article <2625F3DA.74F5@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> fong@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Eric Fong) writes:
>I have a 248/12 model with a 3.5 disk drive as the A drive and 5.25 as
>the B drive, is there a simple to switch the disk assignment (i.e. change
>the 5.25 drive to A drive)?  Since I have to load MINIX OS on it, and
>it only recognize A drive and I only have 5.25 version of it. So it causes
>a problem to me.
>
Why don't you make a 3.5" working copy of your MINIX OS from your 5.25"
version, and use it in your A drive?  That way, you won't have to mess with
the disk assignment.

Just putting in my two cents' worth...

Chet Chin
UC San Diego
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Subject: Re: question about 3.5 and 5.25 disk drives
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