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Re: floppy drives & executor/linux



>>>>> "Markmage" == Markmage  <Markmage@aol.com> writes:

    Markmage> I have been unable to read floppies from my 3 1/2 inch
    Markmage> drive, which is the B: drive. I have found the
    Markmage> aforementioned "Check for floppies" option, but it
    Markmage> appears it check only the A: drive.  I certainly do not
    Markmage> get the described result: "the floppy you just inserted
    Markmage> should be one of your choices." I'm desparate. I have
    Markmage> tried newsgroups, mailing lists, direct e-mail to ARDI
    Markmage> in search of a solution, and no one has a solution.  The
    Markmage> only suggestion I have received involves tinkering with
    Markmage> the Linux environmental variables, which I have
    Markmage> dutifully tried.  This failed utterly.

Did you try all 3 of the suggestions?  I sent you three.  Here they
are again:

Set the MacVolumes environment variable to point to your B: drive
before running Executor, like this:

% export MacVolumes="/dev/fd1"

If this fails for some reason (but it shouldn't), you can reverse the
device entries for your two drives temporarily:

# cd /dev 
# mv fd1 temp 
# mv fd0 fd1 
# mv temp fd0

As a last resort, you could switch the ribbon-cable attachment points
for the drives in your machine and adjust your CMOS setup to match.

I can't actually try this myself because my small floppy drive is my
a: drive.  Is anyone else having the trouble Markmage is?

-Melissa