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From: morrow@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Clifton Paul Morrow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 55SX External Drive
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Date: 13 Dec 89 23:17:01 GMT
Reply-To: morrow@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Clifton Paul Morrow)
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Organization: CSci Dept., University of Minnesota, Mpls.
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     I'm trying to install an external 5.25" drive on a 55SX.  All hardware
is IBM;  the PS/2 is running Windows.
     CONFIG.SYS accesses the file $FDD5.SYS (says it's running version
1.0), but then gives the error message, "Device driver was not installed".
     Best clue is that the Reference Diskette does not allow me to describe
B: as an external drive.  When I try to, I get error 162 on the next boot.
Running Automatic Configuration returns B: to Not Installed.  Yet the
Installation Diskette did tell the Reference Diskette that Slot 1 contains
the adaptor for the external drive.
     Has anyone successfully performed this installation?  Rumor has it
that the 55SX uses a different adaptor than the other PS/2's.  Please reply
by e-mail.