From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 10 14:41:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28456 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:41:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (tnt1-183.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA28419 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:41:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by n4hhe.ampr.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA28719; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:40:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199811102240.QAA28719@n4hhe.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mirror Beastie cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: hardware questions In-reply-to: Message from Mirror Beastie of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:29:29 +0200." <3647F969.22149A10@askas.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:40:14 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mirror Beastie writes: > hi > does freebsd 3.0 support the ls-120 (120mb "stiffie") external drive ? > if so is it bootable ? Apparently only if it attaches via an IDE interface: % man wfd WFD(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual WFD(4) NAME wfd - ATAPI floppy driver (LS-120 floppy driver) SYNOPSIS options ATAPI options ATAPI_STATIC device wfd0 DESCRIPTION The wfd driver provides support for ATAPI floppy disks, typically LS-120 style 120mb/1.4mb floppy drives. In general the interfaces are similar to those described by wd(4) sd(4) and od(4). ... -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message