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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2360 ; Mon, 01 Mar 93 10:55:47 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!ogicse!psgrain!ee.und.ac.za!shrike.und.ac.za!hippo!ccml From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Floppy Drive Problem Message-ID: <1993Feb27.161638.27557@hippo.ru.ac.za> Date: 27 Feb 93 16:16:38 GMT Article-I.D.: hippo.1993Feb27.161638.27557 References: <1993Feb24.061755.20038@oz.plymouth.edu> <1misg8INNakj@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Lines: 25 In <1misg8INNakj@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes: >In article <1993Feb24.061755.20038@oz.plymouth.edu>, ted@oz.plymouth.edu (The Wizard of Oz) writes: >>The problem is with the "A" drive, a description follows: >> >> >> Basically, When I boot from the hard drive, I cannot access or use >> the floppy drive. The (A) drive remains spinning and on the >> entire time I run from the hard drive. However, if I boot from the >> "A" drive it does not behave in this manner. I was only able to load >I guess you did the same a I did for over 6 months until someone told me >to take the medium out of the drive and leave the door open. That is not the problem, but I don't know what the problem is. Ted's problem manifests itself on at least one 386 here as well, most of our 386s work fine. Mike -- Mike Lawrie <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za> Director, Computing Services ph +27 461 22023 x 279 Rhodes University, Drostdy Rd fx +27 461 25049 Grahamstown 6140, South Africa