Re: II GS recognizing 3 Drives

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

R.A.Guy <ljsilicon> wrote:

:>'m booting my II GS with one of the 3.5 drives, and it is reflected
:>as such on the desktop. Also, the 5.25 drive shows up. However, the
:>second 3.5 drive, while it functions when I have a disk inserted, does
:>not show up on the desktop. How come? I would think that all the
:>drives connected would show an icon.

: Not so. The 5.25" drives show up as icons, but the contents won't show until
: you click on the drives. The 3.5" drive only shows up when there is media in
: the drive. It just goes to show that there is nothing "standard" when it comes
: to Apple!

Actually the 5.25s have an icon for the drives as well as for the disk volumes
because double clicking the 5.25 drive icon is the only to indicate that
you've put in a new disk. A 5.25 can't detect that as can a 3.5.
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