Re: Linux on a RiscPC 600
On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 05:58:50PM +0100, David Given wrote:
> Floppies. Risc OS uses 800kB and 1600kB disks throughout. When I tried a Risc OS disk in my PC, or on the Risc PC under Linux, it barfed big time. Doesn't the Linux kernel support that disk geometry? I've got a /dev/fd0u1600, so I thought it would work.
RISC OS uses 1024 byte sectors. As I understand it the Linux floppy driver
doesn't do anything other than 512 byte sectors, which is a bit of a bummer.
Nick
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