EmulatorII-list

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Kelley" <xirin6@...> 
wrote:
>
>  It appears that my 5 1/4 drive died and the OS will not load off 
of 
> the hard drive. They both spin but nothing happens. Does anyone 
know of 
> a good replacement for the floppy? 
>  Also does anyone on this list sell a mac setup with SD and cable? 
Just 
> a wild question. 
> 
> Kevin Kelley
>

Hi kevin:  I assume you have the EII+HD.  First what led you to 
believe the fdd died? Does the red LED blink or remain constant when 
you power up?  If the HDD is running properly the OS should be loaded 
on it and you should not need to boot from floppy. Most of the time 
the FDD failure is due to loose connection and dirty heads on the 
cluster.  If in fact there is a problem when you power up it very 
well could be the HDD (hdd light will flash intermittent pattern).  
Need to know more specifics on events at power-on... Doug