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Old 10-29-2005
Floppy problem
I swapped a floppy drive out of a Blade 150 into a Blade 1000, but when I run a 'test floppy' from the OK prompt, I receive:
ERROR: Recalibrate failed, floppy imporperly connected or defective.

floppy selftest failed, return code = 1
The floppy appears to be connected correctly. Does anyone know if there is a compatability problem with the floppy from a 150 being used in a 1000? The floppy worked fine in the Blade 150.

Any suggestions for a fix?

Thanks.
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Old 10-30-2005
put the floppy drive back in the 150 and see if it still works ... if yes, look for the correct drivers at Sun's web site before reinstalling it back to the 10000 ... if no, get a new floppy drive ...

btw, you might want to check for the drivers first before you do anything with the hardware just to save you some effort ....
 
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