From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger) Subject: Re: /dev/fd1 not detected Date: 28 Jul 1992 09:03:11 GMT
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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