1.44 drives on i386

Edwin R. Carp erc at khijol.UUCP
Fri Dec 1 19:40:36 AEST 1989


In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169 at chinet.chi.il.us> randy at chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:
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>	2.0.2.  Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs

Try running your machine at either NORMAL or SLOW speed.  Also, if that
doesn't work, try turning all of your shadowing OFF.  I have had the same
problem with my 386SX, as well as several different mfgrs 286 and 386 boxes.

It seems that the faster you go, the more diskette drives won't work.
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In article <1989Nov29.174308.2169 at chinet.chi.il.us> randy at chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes:
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>	2.0.2.  Now, my 3.5 inch drives don't work at 1.44 megs

Try running your machine at either NORMAL or SLOW speed.  Also, if that
doesn't work, try turning all of your shadowing OFF.  I have had the same
problem with my 386SX, as well as several different mfgrs 286 and 386 boxes.

It seems that the faster you go, the more diskette drives won't work.
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