From: negaard@aero.org (Eric Negaard) Subject: Re: /dev/fd1 not detected Date: 29 Jul 1992 16:54:25 GMT
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 1992 09:03:11 GMT, almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger) said:
almesber> 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.
almesber> At boot time, the floppy driver prints whatever is configured in the
almesber> CMOS setup. When using the auto-detecting floppy devices, this
almesber> information determines what formats are tried.
almesber> So your CMOS setup is probably wrong. You should boot into the setup
almesber> program and define your B: as a 1.44MB drive.
Well, my CMOS is set up correctly (I just double-checked this morning). Linux
must not be reading the CMOS values right on my machine. The BIOS is:
"Phoenix 80486 ROM BIOS PLUS 0.10 G21-2"
Eric Negaard