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From: defreese@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu (Barry DeFreese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I install external floppy drive as B:?
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.190531.6483@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 19:05:31 GMT
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In article <50070@nigel.ee.udel.edu> donhowe@udel.edu () writes:
>I have a 55SX with a 3.5" 1.44M floppy A: drive and a
>60 Mb hard C: drive.  I have been successful in installing
>an external 5.25" floppy drive as a D: drive but I cannot
>configure it as a B: drive.  It's not a big deal....I'm just
>curious....why can't this be done?  What can you put in the
>B: position?
>
>Also, I have 2 Mb installed in (I think) one of the two connectors
>on the motherboard.  I know I can add another 2 Mb in the other
>slot but can I add more using 4 Mb simms?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark Donhowe
>donhowe@udel.edu

If it a low density 5.25" drive it should have installed as drive B:, but
if you installed a 1.2 meg floppy the only way to get it to drive B: is to
put in a subst in your autoexec.bat.  As for the memory, I am not sure
about using 4M simms.

Barry
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