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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Fephisto III wrote:
> > I'm trying to install via FD boot.  However, it boots with
> > the 5.25 inch FD drive, not the normal ~3 inch FD drive,
> > and nothing in the BIOS as far as I see allows me to change
> > the boot drive
>
> You could open up the computer and switch the connectors on
> the two floppy drives.

It is safest to unplug the power first.

> > Help?
>
> Have you got DOS on the C: drive?  If so, you could use
> the DOS version of BasicLinux.  If you need to use floppies
> to get the zip file into the computer, you can split it into
> floppy-size pieces, copy them into C:\BASLIN, and reassemble
> them.

I think there is some way to do that just with the utilities that come 
with DOS, I can ask my partner.

> Or you could get the file into the computer by using a serial
> null-modem (laplink) cable and the DOS INTERLNK/INTERSVR utility.
> Sindi can give you instructions for making a suitable cable out
> of two broken mice.

They have to be serial mice, of course.  You need to solder the plug end 
of one onto the whole (unbroken) tail of the other one and the pinouts are 
probably online some place.  This has too few wires to work as a nullmodem 
cables but works for file transfer.

If you have a modem (external or internal) and dialing software you can 
download to the computer from the internet.


> Cheers,
> Steven