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- From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger)
- Subject: Re: /dev/fd1 not detected
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.090311.23301@bernina.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
- References: <NEGAARD.92Jul27122123@fungus.aero.org>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:03:11 GMT
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- In article <NEGAARD.92Jul27122123@fungus.aero.org> negaard@aero.org (Eric Negaard) writes:
- > Linux doesn't seem to recognize my /dev/fd1 properly.
- >
- > It correctly identifies fd0 at boot time (fd0 is 1.2M), and the second
- > (1.44M) drive works if I create /dev/PS1, it's only the auto-detecting
- > driver that doesn't seem to work.
-
- At boot time, the floppy driver prints whatever is configured in the
- CMOS setup. When using the auto-detecting floppy devices, this
- information determines what formats are tried.
-
- So your CMOS setup is probably wrong. You should boot into the setup
- program and define your B: as a 1.44MB drive.
-
- - Werner
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