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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:55:34 PST8
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: LS-120 drives

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J.R.,

I recall, I thought that you have RSJ on your system (is that correct?).
If you do, why not use their procedure to create a bootable CD?
HCM
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> I expect this must be a semi-obsolete topic, but has anyone here ever
> replaced a 1.44 fdd with an LS-120 ? (Which I seem to recall was able
> to handle regular 1.44 floppies also . . . . ) If so, are you still
> using it ? Any driver or other "gotchas", particularly for OS/2 ? If
> they also handle the regular 1.44s, do they do so reliably ?
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> My thinking on this goes as follows: I very seldom use a floppy any
> more, and -- notwithstanding Steven's theory that it "ought" to work
> -- BOOTOS2 on floppies seems to be D.O.A. as of the later, larger
> Warp kernels. A rather well-equipped PM flavor of BOOTOS2 ought to
> fit comfortably on an LS-120 disk, provided one can boot off it. I
> have H/D maintenance partition options, but always liked having the
> floppy option as well.
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> Assuming this is all doable, are LS-120 drives still on the market,
> and can you suggest a good one ?
>
> Jordan
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