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by **Eric Tan** » Fri, 09 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Hi All,

Does anyone know how to configure LS-120 floppy disk drive (aka
SuperDisk) for Linux?

TIA

B-)Eric

by **Tom Gravgaard Christens** » Fri, 09 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Quote:>Hi All,

>Does anyone know how to configure LS-120 floppy disk drive (aka
>SuperDisk) for Linux?

>TIA

>B-)Eric

Get kernel 2.0.31 or later (2.0.33)
Enable ATAPI floppy support, and you're all set.
--
Tom G. Christensen, Denmark
tom dot christensen at get2net dot dk

by **(SPAMLES** » Sat, 10 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Quote:>Hi All,

>Does anyone know how to configure LS-120 floppy disk drive (aka
>SuperDisk) for Linux?

>TIA

>B-)Eric

I've got it working on my machine, but it has some problems relating
to 1.44 mb floppies when installed.

Basically, get a recent patch (2.0.32 or 2.0.33 -- don't know if it is
in an earlier patch or not) and when running make config, turn on
experimental modules. The under drives there is an options for IDE
FLOPPIES (this is what the LS120 is considered). The system will
recognize it and report size of either 120mb or 0. My machine show's
it as /dev/hdc.

Still trying to figure out how to make a boot disk on a 1.44mb floppy.
Hope to have it figured out soon.

JEM
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by **Chong Liang Oo** » Sun, 11 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Quote:
> I've got it working on my machine, but it has some problems relating
> to 1.44 mb floppies when installed.

> Basically, get a recent patch (2.0.32 or 2.0.33 -- don't know if it is
> in an earlier patch or not) and when running make config, turn on
> experimental modules. The under drives there is an options for IDE
> FLOPPIES (this is what the LS120 is considered). The system will
> recognize it and report size of either 120mb or 0. My machine show's
> it as /dev/hdc.

> Still trying to figure out how to make a boot disk on a 1.44mb floppy.
> Hope to have it figured out soon.

Hi! Have you tried the Iomega Zip?

I'm running the ATAPI floppy, and it recognize the Zip drive to be
/dev/hdc but I'm having trouble mounting it.

It says - no MSDOS filesystem exist on disk (or something like this).
I formatted the disk as FAT filesystem, and I mount using the following
command.

mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mount/zip

Any idea what went wrong?

-Chong Liang

by **Tom Gravgaard Christens** » Mon, 12 Jan 1998 04:00:00

>> I've got it working on my machine, but it has some problems relating
>> to 1.44 mb floppies when installed.

>> Basically, get a recent patch (2.0.32 or 2.0.33 -- don't know if it is
>> in an earlier patch or not) and when running make config, turn on
>> experimental modules. The under drives there is an options for IDE
>> FLOPPIES (this is what the LS120 is considered). The system will
>> recognize it and report size of either 120mb or 0. My machine show's
>> it as /dev/hdc.

>> Still trying to figure out how to make a boot disk on a 1.44mb floppy.
>> Hope to have it figured out soon.

>Hi! Have you tried the Iomega Zip?

>I'm running the ATAPI floppy, and it recognize the Zip drive to be
>/dev/hdc but I'm having trouble mounting it.

>It says - no MSDOS filesystem exist on disk (or something like this).
>I formatted the disk as FAT filesystem, and I mount using the following
>command.

>mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mount/zip

>Any idea what went wrong?

Yes, don't mount /dev/hdc, as this is the entire device
You should mount a partition on the drive
try mount -t vfat /dev/hdc4 /mount/zip
if this doesn't work, do fdisk /dev/hdc to see which partitions are
available.
--
Tom G. Christensen, Denmark
tom dot christensen at get2net dot dk

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