From: atari030@nomorespamplease.optusnet.com.au   
      
   Ronald J. Hall wrote:   
   > 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... :)   
   >   
      
   Good point;-) I'd forgotten about that.   
      
   Mark   
      
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