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ZR#@>> L#@> How do I get DOS 6.0 to install from B drive?  Is there some trick
ZR#@>> L#@> I'm missing?

ZR#@>> Good question.  I'm kinda lazy and never changed over drives.  My A:
ZR#@>> drive is still a 5 1/4.  But...I had no problem installing anything
ZR#@>> from B: (3 1/2).  I've gone from MSDOS 5.0 to 6.0 to 6.2 to 6.22 to
ZR#@>> IBM PCDOS 7.0.  If you blew out your previous version of DOS that was
ZR#@>> a mistake.  All of these installed from the B: drive with no problem
ZR#@>> just by typing SETUP.  If you really want to do it right, dig inside
ZR#@>> and switch around the ribbon cable going to the floppies.  Take a look
ZR#@>> at that floppy ribbon cable and you'll notice a twist near the end.
ZR#@>> A: drive usually must be attached after the twist.  Change your CMOS
ZR#@>> to the appropriate floppy parameters and go to town.

ZR#@>>... If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.


The only reason I have had to use A: to install is when it askes you to
install from a boot up. Unless someone has figured a way to boot from
B:, switch the cabling and make your 1.44 the A:. I completey
diconnected my 1.2 and added another 1.44 drive. Very rarely do I ever
have to use my 1.2...
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