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Re: [emax] Booting Emax without Floppy Drive.

2009-12-28 by Dave Sotnick

Yes it is possible. This group really needs an FAQ :)

From my past post:

"You can jumper pins 25/26 on the floppy drive connector on the motherboard
(it's the /TRK0 sense pin which tells the Emax the drive head is on Track
0). Once you do this, you'll be able to boot the Emax with no floppy drive
attached."

-Dave

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 3:15 PM, peter_vh01 <petervh@gmail.com> 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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