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- From: rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Bob Haar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
- Subject: 3.5" floppy install Re: Project Status FAQ
- Message-ID: <96977@rphroy.ph.gmr.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:37:00 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.065940.15439@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- Organization: G.M. Research Laboratories
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- Several people have asked about the procedures for installing a
- 3.5" floppy drive. In the past, I have been able to assist a couple
- of people who were attempting this upgrade, so I will try to
- come up with a set of instructions. But I need a bit of help.
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- Each manufacturer and drive model need somewhat different jumper/switch
- selections to configure the interface correctly. If other people
- who have installed 3.5" floppy drives would mail or post their drive
- setups, I'll compile them all together.
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- I already have quite a bit of information on physical mounting, cabling
- (both single drive and the 3.5" & 5 1/4" combination setup), etc. On the
- software side, I have modified the IV format table for 800K (10 sector)
- disks, added UA menu items for dealing with them, and configured mtools
- to work with 720K MS-DOS formatted floppies. I have also created bootable
- 3.5" floppies with diagnostics and a floppy UNIX system for repair of
- scrambled hard disk file systems.
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- I don't claim that I originated all this. I leaned heavily on the combined
- wisdom of the net. But I do have a pretty good collection notes, etc.
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- In a few days, I will put together a FAQ section on this upgrade. If there is
- enough interest, I will also post the software soureces to comp.sources.3b1 .
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- Robert Haar InterNet : rhaar@gmr.com
- Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories
- DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is
- personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.
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