Hi Xiamin,

>I know this is sort of off topic, but this seems to be the best place to
>ask. I'm considering removing my floppy drive so I have an extra bay for a
>hard drive in there. Since NetBSD doesn't support the drive anyway, I
>figure I won't miss much. The machine in question is a Q650 btw. My only
>concern is that the machine might not boot without a floppy drive. I boot
>from a small partition on one of my drives, but this being Macintosh
>hardware, I'm taking no chances. Does anyone have any experience or
>knowledge in machines with no floppy drives? Would it be like the machine
>refusing to boot without a monitor? I wonder how many connectors the
>internel SCSI cable has, or if it would be more worth it to remove the
>cd-rom, switching it on only when I need it, since I do have a external
>case lying around.
>Xiamin

Remove the CD-ROM (the double-speed one with caddy, right?) and install the
extra hard disk in the bay. It may be a bit difficult to find the necessary
hardware to mount it, I'm not sure if the usual parts to mount a 3.5" HD in
a 5.25" bay can be fixed to the plastic parts that hold the CD-ROM drive.
The internal SCSI cable does not have an extra connector, so replacing the
floppy drive does not seem possible. And, after all, Hauke Fath is working
on floppy-support, so you'll miss it eventually.

Best wishes,

           Nico

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