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Date:      Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:40:14 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: hardware questions 
Message-ID:  <199811102240.QAA28719@n4hhe.ampr.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za>  of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:29:29 %2B0200." <3647F969.22149A10@askas.co.za> 

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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).
...


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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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