Raid floppy

28 Mar 2005 1:03 PM

Veritech

I was just thinking that,
technically if you had two optical drives couldn't you just insert the cd
with the sata raid drives in one while the xp setup cd is in the other? or
does xp setup only look for "A:/" drive?

Thanks

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28 Mar 2005 1:15 PM

kony

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:03:29 GMT, "Veritech"
<avis.dalrym***@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>I was just thinking that,
>technically if you had two optical drives couldn't you just insert the cd
>with the sata raid drives in one while the xp setup cd is in the other? or
>does xp setup only look for "A:/" drive?
>
>Thanks

setup only look for "A:/" drive

28 Mar 2005 2:39 PM

theyak

In article <rv0g411get5vnspb1kdg3h8616lutln***@4ax.com>, spam@spam.com
says...
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> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:03:29 GMT, "Veritech"
> <avis.dalrym***@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >I was just thinking that,
> >technically if you had two optical drives couldn't you just insert the cd
> >with the sata raid drives in one while the xp setup cd is in the other? or
> >does xp setup only look for "A:/" drive?
> >
> >Thanks
>
>
> setup only look for "A:/" drive
>
>

which is why you should always keep a loose floppy drive and cable on
the shelf somewhere.

29 Mar 2005 12:07 AM

kony

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:39:14 GMT, theyak <y**@dev.null>
wrote:

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>In article <rv0g411get5vnspb1kdg3h8616lutln***@4ax.com>, spam@spam.com
>says...
>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:03:29 GMT, "Veritech"
>> <avis.dalrym***@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I was just thinking that,
>> >technically if you had two optical drives couldn't you just insert the cd
>> >with the sata raid drives in one while the xp setup cd is in the other? or
>> >does xp setup only look for "A:/" drive?
>> >
>> >Thanks
>>
>>
>> setup only look for "A:/" drive
>>
>>
>
>
>which is why you should always keep a loose floppy drive and cable on
>the shelf somewhere.

.... or maybe even in the system since a floppy drive is only
$10 out of a multi-hundred $$$ system. Nobody has to
"like" every single part in a full-featured system but
deciding to do without a $10 part then spending hours over
the life of the system trying to compensate for this is a
waste of time and lack of sense, IMO.

29 Mar 2005 12:06 AM

DaveW

It MUST use the floppy drive.

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"Veritech" <avis.dalrym***@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>I was just thinking that,
> technically if you had two optical drives couldn't you just insert the cd
> with the sata raid drives in one while the xp setup cd is in the other? or
> does xp setup only look for "A:/" drive?
>
> Thanks
> --
> "Blu-Ray"
> 2600+Sempron (O/C @1.924Ghz)
> 512Mb DDR 400
> 9600 pro 128 (O/C @ 425/540)
> Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ mobo with 400mhz fsb
> Raidmax cobra case with 420w psu
> Dual 12" Blue CCFL
> Blue LED fans
> "Cheap and very cheerful"
>