Re: floppy disk
> Well you could take the floppy out of the "old PC" and try it. If it
> works then you know it is the original drive. If it doesn't work then it
The old PC is just parts from an old 486/motherboard/case
etc. Unfortunately no floppy disk drive :(
> could be the controller. AFAIK the controller for the 164LX is onboard
> so hopefully that is NOT the problem. Since you don't get any errors
> from NT (surprise!) it might be that the controller is ok but the floppy
(I'm surprised too... but NT is just what's there. I cracked the local
admin password -- surprisingly easy with nt 3.51 -- and then booted just
to make sure it worked.)
> or cable is toast. $10 or so for a new floppy drive is a lot cheaper
> then replacing the motherboard.
I tried the cable from the 486, and that showed the same problems. I'm
going to post a description of the cables I used (i.e. where the twist is,
etc.) when I get home tonight. I hope it is the floppy drive too... Though
once I get potato installed and bootable from the HD, it shouldn't be much
of a problem. Maybe I'll just temporarily swap drives out of my
AS200; I have to reinstall that box anyway.
Just in case, though, is there such a thing as an ISA based floppy
controller card that I could use instead of the motherboard controller?
Andy
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