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Where Can I Get an Old Serial Floppy Drive?
urbecrisch:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 16, 2008, 11:29:16 pm ---You will probably still need to pick up a 2.5" to 3.5" adaptor to copy your files, but it will be way easier (and cheaper) than trying to deal with an external floppy.
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I have a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and have tried to boot install files but Idid not have any success cause the spare PC I was trying to use could only BOOT an OS from a RESTORE CD so I gave up on doing that. I know there's got to be a way to get this thing up and running but I'm not quite sure what to do since I am a complete NOOB regarding BOOTING OS's and reformating HD's, and don't even get me started on DOS :( I'm not going to give up, I just need a nice somewhat simple way to do this. Thanks for working with me on this project. If only the MB had a floppy IDE port this would be a breeze!
paigeoliver:
If that thing has a PCI slot than a PCI ide card will just plug in and function, and you should be able to boot from drives attached to it.
--- Quote from: urbecrisch on April 17, 2008, 01:16:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Thenasty on April 16, 2008, 11:16:30 pm ---I dunno if this is the same guy about this machine.....in other post before.
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I think that would be me :)
--- Quote from: Thenasty on April 16, 2008, 11:16:30 pm ---If so, why not just connect a CD-ROM and a HARD (MASTER/SLAVE) and BOOT of the CD-ROM with Win98 or DOS 7.1 ? Goto BIOS to setup boot priority.
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The reason I cannot use a USB CDROM is because the BIOS does not offer a BOOT from USB. Only A,C, CDROM (but only connection is through parallel port but I cannot load any CDROM drivers), and a few others.
--- Quote from: Thenasty on April 16, 2008, 11:16:30 pm ---Also, is there a ISA/PCI SLOT available ? If so, why not get a IDE CONTROLLER and use the NORMAL FLOPPY DRIVE with it ? Disable in BIOS the built in controller.
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The PIC below shows the available PCI slot (white) and the 2 AGP slots (black)? Not sure if I'm right about this but what your telling me is I can buy a PCI card which will allow me to plug in my floppy or CDROM via IDE? Don't I need a driver to allow this PCI card to work?
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urbecrisch:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 17, 2008, 01:45:02 am ---If that thing has a PCI slot than a PCI ide card will just plug in and function, and you should be able to boot from drives attached to it.
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This could just possibly be the solution I'm looking for. Strange that I wouldn't need to install drivers for the PCI card.
Would this only work with a PCI IDE card or would a PCI USB card work as well?
Thenasty:
what is that ribbon ? Is that where the HD is connected ? If so, why not connect a cd-rom (maybe you need to change the ribbon for 2 connectctors) to like I said.
I did not mean USB CD-ROM, I meant above..
david656:
"The PIC below shows the available PCI slot (white) and the 2 AGP slots (black)?" the black slots are ISA you can easily get IDE controllers .. well im sure i got a few ISA ones enyway in the garage....