[rescue] IBM RS/6000 7011 model 250 - Console

Scott Newell newell at cei.net
Wed Sep 24 16:13:13 CDT 2003


>I wasn't going to tell her that mine never worked either. The serial 
>cable worked fine, and my 6611 (RS6K router) works, but the 7011 would 
>never boot off a floppy. I think that I needed an IBM fdd, though...

What kind of floppy drive does it need?  I've got some strange IBM 2.8MB
drives that appear to be PC compatible, but they're not (they didn't have a
power connector originally, just the ribbon connector).  41H8703?

newell



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