Re: Floppy Disk Necessary?

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From: Richard Rees (rees_richard_don't_sp_at_m_me_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 06:38:55 GMT

AMEN to that... you can save HEAPS of time with the good old floppy drive...
SCSI drives cannot not be added at install with USB memory keys in floppy
disk emulation mode.. well not by me anyways!

"Dirk-Thomas Brown" <youhadtoask@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OB4BYXevEHA.200@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Sure makes adding the RAID card drivers a snap..................
>
> Dirk-Thomas
>
> "Theo" <theo@mitw.lan> wrote in message
> news:cl92ai$s11$1$830fa17d@news.demon.co.uk...
> > Is a floppy disk required for SBS 2003
> > Thanks
> > Theo
> >
>
>

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