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Bug#30780: Boot floppy support for LS/120?



On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 03:37:37PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> 
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.1.2
> 
> It would be very nice if the boot-floppies could have some support for the
> LS/120 IDE floppy. It looks like a normal floppy at boot, so that section
> works OK. However, when you try to create a boot floppy near the end of
> the installation process it fails - missing /dev/fd0 maybe?

I don't think so, as it works fine with normal floppies. Are you sure
Linux sees that device as /dev/fd0? It may boot from it, as new BIOSes
can boot from several "non usual" devices, but I guess Linux will see it
as a /dev/hd* device, isn't it?

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Enrique Zanardi					   ezanardi@ull.es


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