Re: Disk boot failure

[Emil Styrke <emil@lysator.liu.se>]

Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> writes:

> On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 09:35:27 +0100, Martin Juhlin
> <martin.juhlin@home.se> wrote:
> 
> >* Normally (at least on my floppy) don't know if inserted the cable 
> >upside-down in the connection on the motherboard or in the floppy drive. Just 
> >try to flip one-by-one and see if any of the four combination work.
> >
> 
> On most machines, if the cable is upside-down, the floppy LED is
> always on and (usually) the motor running.

And worse, it usually destroys any disks inserted.

        /Emil