Re: TP600: external floppy fails under Win95

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jul 31 1998 - 11:59:07 EDT

Mark..
only one, since i doin't have a 600..
try this..
>from a FDOS prompt..
PS2 FDD E <crlf>
then do a hard boot..

that was/is the command to turn on the external floppy in other TP's...

Mark Bergman wrote:

> I've got a TP600 (low-end 233MMX). I got the internal IBM CD-ROM, and
> it works fine, however the floppy disk does not work when used
> externally under Win95. The floppy works fine in the bay, or externally
> (with the CD-ROM in the bay) under Linux, so I'm confident that it's
> not a hardware problem.
>
> The floppy drive has never worked externally under Win95--including
> with the machine's default configuration. This is more aggravating
> that critically important, as I do most of my work under Linux.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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