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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