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    SubjectRe: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed
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    Dale Mellor <dale@dmellor.dabsol.co.uk> writes:

    > 1. Floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed.

    It's a known problem. Some broken BIOSes don't turn off the motor
    after probing for a disk. One solution is to change the boot priority
    in the BIOS settings so the hard disk is tried before floppy. If you
    ever need to boot from a floppy, you can change it back.

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    Måns Rullgård
    mru@kth.se

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