[SunHELP] Floppy drives...

[Albertson, Chris]

What software _requires_ a floppy???

I think Apple Mac floppies work.  But for $35.00 you can
buy a Sun floppy from one of the used equipment resellers.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bscanlan at irish-times.com [mailto:bscanlan at irish-times.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:57 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SunHELP] Floppy drives...
> 
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> Anybody ever have luck with getting a floppy drive taken from
> a PC working on an E250 (or any Sun machine really) to work?
> 
> Can't find anything on the 'net...
> 
> A friend of mine is having problems - Why do people write software
> that depends on a floppy all the same? Anyway.
> 
> test floppy returns "Device not found" and when the cable
> is plugged in upside down the device is found, but
> test floppy moans about tracks not being found etc.
> 
> Thanks!
> Brian.
> -- 
> Brian Scanlan, Systems Administrator.
> Irish Times New Media - http://www.ireland.com
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