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- From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
- Subject: Re: 1.44 drive problem under OS/2
- Message-ID: <jdecarlo.171.711734069@mitre.org>
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- Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean VA
- References: <oHi0NB1w165w@pranny.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:54:29 GMT
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- In article <oHi0NB1w165w@pranny.UUCP>
- lee@pranny.UUCP (Lee Reynolds) writes:
-
- > system works fine for me except that under OS/2 I get drive failures
- >when accessing my 1.44MB A: drive.
-
- > This a job for that floppy driver fix I've seen floating around?
-
- I don't think so. I have tried all those potential fixes to no avail.
- Everyone seems to think it is a hardware problem--check your cabling first.
- So, until I get a new controller, I'm booting DOS when I need to write to
- floppy (about once a day to bring stuff to work--it reads just fine, just
- won't write).
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- John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
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