Bug#30780: Boot floppy support for LS/120?
"Enrique" == Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
> 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?
>From Configure.help:
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY
If you have an IDE floppy which uses the ATAPI protocol, say Y.
ATAPI is a new protocol used by IDE cdrom/tape/floppy drives,
similar to the SCSI protocol. IDE floppy drives include the LS-120
and the ATAPI ZIP (ATAPI PD-CD drives are not supported by this
driver; support for PD-CD drives is available through the SCSI
emulation). At boot time, the FLOPPY drive will be identified along
with other IDE devices, as "hdb" or "hdc", or something similar.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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