Emax

Thanks for this!

My Emax is booting off the flash drive now...no floppy necessary.

- Peter

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Dave Sotnick <sotnickd@...> wrote:
>
> 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@...> 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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