Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

<warnken@nospam@mother.com> wrote in message
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> This may be your problem: the 3.5" drive needs to be attached to the GS
first, then if you have it a second 3.5", then add the two 5.25" drives.  If
you want to boot from the 3.5" drive, you put the floppy in the first drive
attached to the cpu and for extra surety put the startup slot on the control
panel to 5.  If you want to boot from the 5.25" put the startup slot as 6.
Doesn't matter that both types of drives are daisy chained.  The order of
the chain is critical.
>
> Sandy
>

Maybe you might have an idea on this situation. I have a IIgs
with two 3.5" drives and then my 5.25" drive.  If I add in my
second 5.25", the IIgs doesn't recognize it exist. Any idea
why?

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