It is a NuBus Mac - so I think I'm going to do without a floppy for the time being - I can use an external Jaz (SCSI) drive. As I learn more I may be able to figure out the problem.> So I gather from Derrik but the probability is that I've got a SWIMIII floppy drive but still can't access it using either Debian or> MkLinux. Possible. Try a more recent kernel image unless your machine is a Nubus pmac. Michael
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