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From: william.pipher@canremote.uucp (WILLIAM PIPHER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 3.5" as Drv A in XT
Message-ID: <89102003371469@masnet.uucp>
Date: 20 Oct 89 08:33:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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To: hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu

>  Is it possible to use a 3.5 disk drive as drive A or B on the XT
>with an regular controller? I can configure it as drive C or higher
>but not drive A or B. I use DOS 3.2. Any help?

If it is a 730K 3.5" drive then you should be able to set it up as
drive B:   You will probably have trouble getting it to run at 1.4M 
though, and I don't think that it can be run as drive a:

Your config.sys will need the line  DRIVPARM= /D:1 /F:2 
for MS-DOS 3.2, or DRIVPARM=^A^A^A /D:1 /F:2  for DOS 3.3. where
^A means Ctrl-A.

The drivparm statement is far preferable to DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS.

*WmP*
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