Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bellcore!rutgers!njin!njitgw!mars.njit.edu!cd5340 From: cd5340@mars.njit.edu (Charlap David) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Adding a Third Floppy Drivea Message-ID: <2100@njitgw.njit.edu> Date: 8 Jan 91 21:10:30 GMT References: <1991Jan8.002139.9708@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Sender: news@njitgw.njit.edu Distribution: na Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology Lines: 23 In article hollen@megatek (Dion Hollenbeck) writes: >In article <1991Jan8.002139.9708@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> simpson@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Simpson David) writes: >> >> What would happen if I were to add >> a third floppy drive, or say a CD-ROM drive? Would my hard disk >> become drive D:, or would it stay drive C: and the new floppy >> drive become D:? >> >1) you must have a controller which will handle 4 drives. True. I have one. It's a no-name brand I got at a show. I know that DTK makes one which is also pretty good. >2) the controller should have an installable device driver which will > recognize the extra drives. What they will be named will > be dependent on how your hard disk is set up. Not always. Some controllers (like mine) have their own BIOS chips with the driver software on-board. These need no installable drivers. My third floppy is drive C:. My hard drive is E:. (D: is unused - the card reserves space for 4 floppies even if you only use one or two.) --- Dave