From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) Subject: Re: is RLL SOL? Date: 1 Oct 1992 20:05:08 GMT
Seth Chaiklin (psykseth@aau.dk) wrote:
: I have looked in the various INSTALL docs, and the FAQ (from July) and nary
: a peep about whether Linux can be installed on an RLL drive.
: There was a peep that MFM, ESDI and SCSI were possible, so perhaps by
: implcations RLL is out of the running.
:
: Anyway, I have this wonderful ST-238R which Linux 0.97.11 could not read
: (according to fdisk). Am I doomed to live on floppies (or find a rich uncle)?
:
: [As a newcomer to Linux, I can only give my naive praise at how easy
: it was to install on the floppies and how exhilirating it was to
: watch it come up. I am sure it has been said thousands of times
: before, and probably more elegantly, but I could also guess that the
: people who work on it don't get so tired of hearing it. (-: ]
I've run 0.96c on an RLL controller, so linux does, indeed, support RLL drives.
-- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177 "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"