Rob;
The A - B setting on the floppies is determined by the cable connector they
are hooked to.
The drive hooked to the connection after the "twist" near the end of the
cable will be the A drive
Check out this site for floppy interfacing and configuration information :
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/fdd/conf_Cable.htm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Zirk" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Format problem

> I have a 5 1\4" floppy on this machine as well as a 3
> 1\2" floppy.  I've tried changing the CMOS but it
> makes no difference.  How can I get this computer to
> recognize that I want the B: as the 5 1/4" floppy and
> the A: as a 3 1/2?  Obviously the A: was the 5 before
> and it still is, no matter what's set in the CMOS, and
> I can't make a boot disk with a 5 1/4" disk because of
> my lack of 5 1/4" drive on this PC.

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