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From: erich@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Horst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Can I install external floppy drive as B:?
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.235834.26182@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 23:58:34 GMT
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>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.


I have a high density 5.25 installed as B: so "subst" is not the ONLY way.
Some manufacturers must know something that others don't.


Eric Horst


Postscript: In order to save the obvious responses the manufacturer is CMS.