Re: Floppy light stays perpetually on.

[Mike Werner]

That sounds like the classic case of the cable being installed backwards
on one end.  Remember - the red stripe on the cable goes to pin 1 on
both the drive and the controller.  Try unplugging just one end of the
cable, turning it around, and plugging it back in.
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