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Re: Booting Emax without Floppy Drive.

2009-12-28 by Everett

I believe you need to set the flash ID to 0 since the EMAX I does not have the ability to change boot IDs.

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "peter_vh01" <petervh@...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm wondering if it is possible to boot an Emax 1 without a floppy drive installed. I've installed a CF drive, recieved from Ted Summers, and everything works fine.
> 
> However, I have learned that I can't boot the Emax without having a floppy disk installed. I would like to remove the floppy drive completely, and boot straight off of the OS on my SD card. Is this possible?
> 
> Is there a jumper setting I am perhaps missing? Or am I stuck installing a slim floppy drive with an IDE converter?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Peter
>

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