In message <199811110531.AAA17184@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writ
es:
>Is it a SCSI thing or an IDE thing?

IDE.

>What happens when you try booting it?

Machine hangs.  ctl-alt-del won't work.

This is the weird-media/plain-old-floppy dual-purpose drive.  I can put
in a plain old install disk (e.g., a windows or dos boot floppy) and it
"just works", and shows up as A:.  However, the Unixes I've tried to boot
from it have died horribly.

I'm guessing this is because it's a "floppy" which is really an ATAPI
device.  Still, it'd be awfully convenient if we could make LS-120 (or
even zip) boot disks.  Many megabytes, and fairly convenient for slightly
bigger backups.  Slow, but who cares?  ;)

-s