-=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "SILICON CHIP ON LINE" on 05-20-04  04:06.....

 RJT> These are what,  dos programs?

Yup.

   I probably have several such in the
 RJT> files section here.  But that's not the issue,  anyhow.  How am I going
 RJT> to get one of those to run?  If the machine loses power long enough to
 RJT> lose settings,  it's not gonna boot,  and I'm not going to be able to
 RJT> fix it except by hooking up a keyboard and monitor to it...

Yes, there probably isn't any easy way out of that.

 RJT> This MB won't even do that -- if it loses CMOS,  the default is a 1.2M
 RJT> floppy drive,  so unless I want to figure out a way to make one of
 RJT> those out of a 1.44M disk,  and then figure out a way to restore the
 RJT> settings,  and reboot,  I'm not going to bother.

A 1.2m disk is a 5-1/4 inch high density floppy. You won't make
one of those out of a 3-1/2 inch disk unless you can squash it
out a lot bigger. like making a pizza base.

If you chase around you should find someone who still has some
5-1/4" HD disks.

Otherwise, physically remove the 5-1/4" drive and fit a 3-1/2".
That should make the comp default to a 1.44M after its hardware
test.

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