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- From: axlas@acad2.alaska.edu (Leif A Sawyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Linux still doesn't recognize my RLL drive
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.104220.1@acad2.alaska.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 14:42:20 GMT
- References: <1992Sep4.133839.14356@osf.org>
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- In article <1992Sep4.133839.14356@osf.org>, ede@kadabra.osf.org (Ted Ede) writes:
- >
- > I used to have a wd1002-27x attached to my st238 30 meg drive.
- > I was told linux doesn't support XT controllers, which I assumed
- > to mean 8-bit controllers.
- >
- I would Imagine this is the correct view.. Linux does all its work
- in 16 bit mode (save, I imagine, the serial/parallel ports).
-
- > I installed it, configured it for my 238 and low level formatted it
- > and it boots DOS properly. Linux still does not recognize it.
- > What exactly is linux looking for? Does anyone in Linux-land use
- > an RLL drive? (Can't imagine I'm the only one.) If so could you
- > tell me the adapter that you use?
- >
- I've got a WD clone board with floppy controller built in. Don't know
- who makes it..some overseas company. Never had a problem with it.
-
- > I have a 386/40 with AMI bios. I have to tell the system the C:
- > drive is not installed in order to boot of this drive. If I configure
- > it as a user defined drive giving it the proper number of head/cyls/
- > sectors, I get a HD Error on boot.
- > Thanks,
- > ted
-
- Check the HD controller to see if you have a jumper to enable/disable the
- BIOS on the card. I believe you have to have the BIOS *DISABLED* to use
- a user-defined drive type (46?). This is how I have my drive set up, I
- believe, but I am at work, so can't open up the case to double-check.
-
- I DO know, however, that if you have two HD controllers, the second one HAS
- to have the BIOS enabled, because you cannot have it listed in the System BIOS.
-
- /*
- Linux wish! -> Detect and use secondary controllers! Four hard drives would
- be nice for those of us who can't afford to spend $800+ on big hard drives, but
- can shell out $50-$100 for a used 30Meg drive. If I knew more about system
- level writing I'd try my hand at it.. C'est la vie.
- */
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