morrow@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Clifton Paul Morrow) (12/14/89)
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.