donhowe@udel.edu (Mark Donhowe) (04/09/91)
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
defreese@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu (Barry DeFreese) (04/09/91)
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 -- Barry deFreese defreese@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu Technician, LCPL USMCR, Student defreese@vm.cc.purdue.edu For those who fight for it, life has a special flavor, the protected never know!! Found on an unknown Marines K-rat box, Khe-Sahn.
erich@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Horst) (04/09/91)
>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.
nick@sura.net (Nick Lemberos) (04/10/91)
In article <1991Apr8.190531.6483@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu> defreese@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu (Barry DeFreese) writes: >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? >>... > >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 last i inquired, it was not possible to install an external IBM 5.25 inch drive as drive B: on the IBM PS/2 Model 55. I can only guess that IBM uses a software driver on this machine instead of supporting the drive via hardware. It is a major pain for us and is the reason why we are not going to buy 20+ IBM model 55s for a new lab we are setting up. ALL..i repeat ALL our workstations have a 5.25 360KB b: drive. some have 3.5" A: drives, and some have 5.25 HD A: drives. but all have a 360kb B: drive. if anyone has a working solution, please let me know. nick nick@umuc.umd.edu