Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By illmik Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:36 pm
hey i have a MPC2000 not XL , the ide port for my floppy drive has came away from the cable. and it is not just a simple plug in 1 seem to be some premade shits. is there any way i can boot my MPC from my scsi Zip drive or anyway i can fix this problem with out having to run up a big bill in repair shop for a little problem..... i notised the other ide slot but when i hook up a floppy to it nothing works. flashing lights./.. any 1 know how to fit this problem??

By sticmanthap Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:13 am
yes you should be able to.....if theres nothing in the floppy drive it will read the scsi port.....you should be able to load your os from a zip disk..
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By illmik Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:41 am
nothing happendes at all. i have the OS and doot disk saved to my zip. i know u can do it on the XL but i dunno about the 2000.
or is there a difernt type of doot disk for it?

By sticmanthap Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:19 am
well what type of file is saved on the disk?...is it a zip file or the .sys and .exe file....