Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!cunews!dfs From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Floppy hammers when booting Summary: Drive A: rattles when booting Keywords: problem with booting MS-DOS 3.10 Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 90 18:49:19 GMT Sender: news@ccs.carleton.ca (news) Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 20 I have a problem with my XT clone - sorry if this problem has been posted before. I have a "no-name" XT clone with Phoenix BIOS. It worked fine with DOS 2.x. However, when I changed over to DOS 3.10, the floppy disk drive head hammered against the mechanical stop whenever I booted. This happens whether I boot from hard disk or floppy disk. Even stranger, with DOS 3.20, the hammering problem disappears. However, if I boot from drive A: and have a disk in drive B: while booting, the disk in B: is clobbered and becomes unreadable! Again, none of these problems appear with DOS 2.x. Anyone know why? Is it my BIOS which is outdated? Please e-mail; I'll summarize the answers. Thanks. -- David F. Skoll | Department of Electronics | Opinions expressed here are dfs@doe.carleton.ca | Carleton University | my own and not necessarily (613) 788-5771 | 5772 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | those of my employer.