IBM(clone) fails to boot from 3.5"

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From: Scott S. Bertilson
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:10

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  I've got an IBM clone (Altos 386/500) which has an original 5.25" and
an added 3.5" (720/1.44 Teac FD-235HF).  It will boot nicely from the
5.25 or the internal hard drive, but seems to ignore a bootable 1.44MB
floppy in the 3.5" drive.  (OK, it's the Linux bootimage, so perhaps it is
questionable.  I also tried "FORMAT B:/U/F:1440/S" and attempted to boot
that unsuccessfully.)  It appears to be quite happy to read or write
floppies of either density in the drive and peeks at it but doesn't boot
from a bootable one when I warm boot.
  Another curiousity point is: what is the jumper on 1 end of the little
26 pin header to 26 pin edge connector card (I think it is for jumpering
pin 26 or 25 on or off of the cable)?
  Regarding the drive, it has jumpers (*ed have jumpers):
	D0, *D1, *OP, LHI, HHI, HHO
If anyone has a spec sheet on this drive that I might be able to
copy, I'd sure appreciate it.
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