Re: 5.25" drive & FocusDrive

[spam@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Michael Maginnis <michaelmaginnis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since I mentioned this in a previous post, it's eating at me and I have
> to know.  I have a FocusDrive mounted in my IIgs in Slot 6 (set to "Your
> Card") and start up is set to that slot as well.  I also have 2 3.5" 
> drives daisy chained into the Smart Port - if I want to add a 5.25" 
> drive to the end of chain, do I have to make any changes to the current
> setup (other than plugging the drive in, obviously)?  I seem to recall
> reading somewhere that a IIgs will automatically try to boot from a 
> 5.25" drive if it finds one attached.

I just rearranged my IIgs with the HD in slot 2 (set to your card), I
also have 2x3.5" ans 2x5.25" chained on the smartport. A lot of people
suggested different setups, but this one allows access to all disks plus
AppleTalk/printer and modem. The HD doesn't interfere with the modem at
all (at least with proterm)
-s

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