Floppy & CD-ROM drives ====================== The *Floppy & CD-ROM drives* page contains settings related to the emulated machine's base removable storage drives. Floppy drives ------------- Up to four floppy disk drives can be attached to the emulated system, although not all BIOSes provide support for more than two drives. The following settings apply to the selected drive: * **Type:** floppy drive to emulate. Some types have special properties and therefore should only be used in very specific applications: * **5.25" 1.2M PS/2** and **3.5" 1.44M PS/2:** IBM PS/2 drives, which invert the polarity of the Density Select pin. * **5.25" 1.2M 300/360 RPM** and **3.5" 1.44M 300/360 RPM**: "3-mode" drives, which are capable of reading 360K 5.25" or PC-98 3.5" disks if the emulated machine's BIOS supports 3-mode operation. * **3.5" 1.44M PC-98:** NEC PC-98 drives, which are 3-mode and invert the polarity of the Density Select pin. * **Turbo timings:** run the drive mechanism as fast as possible. This decreases access time and makes some incorrectly-dumped floppies readable, but may cause issues with some operating systems and applications. * **Check BPB:** if unchecked, 86Box will ignore the `DOS BIOS Parameter Block `_ when determining the physical media format for a floppy image on this drive. See :ref:`hardware/diskimages:Floppy disk detection` for more details. .. note:: Disabling "Check BPB" may be required in order to access UNIX/Linux installation floppies or other non-DOS disks, as outlined on the page linked above. Floppy disk images can be inserted and removed through the :ref:`status bar ` or :ref:`Media menu `. CD-ROM drives ------------- Up to four CD-ROM / DVD-ROM optical disc drives can be attached to the emulated system. The following settings apply to the selected drive: * **Bus:** bus to attach the drive to. ATAPI (IDE) and SCSI are supported. * **Channel**/**ID:** where to attach the drive on the selected bus. See :ref:`settings/hdd:Adding a new disk` for more information on IDE channels. * **Speed:** maximum transfer speed for the drive. Up to 72x is supported. CD-ROM / DVD-ROM disc images can be inserted and removed through the :ref:`status bar ` or :ref:`Media menu `.