I recall Win98 having some issues with Floppy as well. Some BIOS have a floppy "swap" setting, or a "don't tell Win98" type of setting. I'd hunt there too, see if anything is odd. Does the Floppy show up in the Device Manager?
/B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burke, Thomas G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 08:55 Subject: WOT - Floppy problems > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey gang, > > This is WOT - involves floppies & Win98, but thought someone out > there might have some insights. > > I recently reinstalled Win98 on an older box, and after all software > & such was back on, I noticed that the floppy no longer worked. The > activity light does not come on during initial boot, but if I try to > access it, the ligt comes on & runs a while before WinBlows tells me > that the device is not ready. > > The floppy is turned on in the bios, & is in the boot order, but the > machine will not boot from floppy. I have R^2 the floppy & the > cable, but neither has affected the problem. Is there some interrupt > sharing that will hose thie floppy, or is something screwed on my > mobo? > > Thanks, > Tom > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.3 > > iQA/AwUBPig1WNPjBkUEZx5AEQJrIACfWYsn49i+kcYE5VyMStI5f+pauloAoMs7 > 7SlRlUDbi8TPI2O1Ky4+27Ma > =n9PR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
