Emax

The emax will not boot from anything unless it detects a floppy ( a 
little different than a computer ), but using the jumper setting I 
mentioned the emax will think there's a floppy, so it works.

Tnaks  


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "gray" <gray@...> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to make the emax "detect" a floppy drive even if 
it's 
> not there? (maybe there's a "loop" after connecting the cable that 
> senses there's a drive connected?)
> 
> Most keyboards are basically a computer.....and like a motherboard 
that 
> looks for the boot disk because its part of the bios....the ROM of 
a synth
> looks every time for the boot drive.....because its part of the OS 
of the
> synth.....I don't think you can X it out.......unless the E synth 
lets you pick the
> boot drive in the OS and save as boot drive the zip......or the 
cable you 
> are using to plug the zip into how ever that would be list in the 
Emu OS bios.....
> if it lets you pick and choose the boot drive or first boot item 
what ever that
> would be....Zip/HD/Floppy upon cutting the Emu on it would go to 
the Zip
> if chosen in bios as the boot disk.....
> gray
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: brainztain 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:41 AM
>   Subject: [emax] Using an Emax HD without a floppy disk drive - 
Need some advice
> 
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   I want to completely remove the floppy drive from my Emax HD 
because I 
>   don't need it and will be using an internal zip drive, but it 
doesn't 
>   seem to get passed the "diagnostics" screen when I do that. I've 
read 
>   most of the posts that have anything to do with this matter but I 
>   haven't found anything helpful.
> 
>   Is there a way to make the emax "detect" a floppy drive even if 
it's 
>   not there? (maybe there's a "loop" after connecting the cable 
that 
>   senses there's a drive connected?)
> 
>   Any help is welcome.
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
>    
> 
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