From: darklord@suddenlink.net   
      
   On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:20:48 +1000, Mark Bedingfield wrote:   
      
   > I'm guessing you may have stiction on the old drive. Its a condition   
   > where it doesn't get out of bed quickly enough for the system to   
   > recognise it, tho it improves if the drive has already spun up. There is   
   > a floppy you could create with a boot delay that gives the drive a   
   > second or two longer to boot allowing the system time to detect it. I   
   > can't remember what it was called tho.   
   >   
   > Mark   
      
   Or Barry could just leave the 14 meg RAM board in, and not hit the space   
   key to bypass the memory check at startup. See if that gives the older   
   drive enough time to "spin up". Not really helpful, but might show if   
   stiction really is the problem or not... :)   
      
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