Re: LS120/Zip install update
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 05:56:33PM -0700, ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> >
> > The idepci kernel flavour works on my tests with a bootable zip disk.
> >
> > Steps:
> >
> > Make sure you have a single msdos/vfat partition 4 on the zip disk.
>
> What if i want to use the zip/ls120 as one big floppy, and not partitioning it.
Can try it. One of the points is these disks (The bootable ones at least)
want to be mountable on OSs that don't understand ext2. Plus I'd suspect
most zip-bootable BIOS's will look specifically for partition 4 anyway
(it's set up like that so macOS can see FAT-formatted zip disks)
Plus, I've seen a few systems where the zip shows up as /dev/hdc instead
of /dev/hdc4. Same internal ATAPI zip drive, same kernel version (2.2.14
from the install) and same zip disk. I mean, I don't know why it does
that.
> BTW, the boot floppies know nothing of my big-floppy syjet, which is on /dev/sdb on installs.
Thought the syjet was a removable media hard drive, not an ATAPI floppy
which is what I'm concerned about.
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