Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:39:45 -0700 From: Greg Skafte <skafte+freebsd-small@trollkarl.net> To: small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: non-standard floppy formats ? Message-ID: <20001207223944.A23162@trollkarl.skafte.org> In-Reply-To: <00120706161401.46204@nworld2.ootws.com>; from ootws@usa.net on Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 06:16:14AM -0800 References: <200012070036.eB70a2X00376@iguana.aciri.org> <00120706161401.46204@nworld2.ootws.com>
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mabe there are some hints in the mdf support utilities that is part of mtools... as a side note there is also the os/2 xdf format which is 1840k..... Quoting Charlie Baysinger (ootws@usa.net) On Subject: Re: non-standard floppy formats ? Date: Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 06:16:14AM -0800 > On Wednesday 06 December 2000 16:36, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > : Hi, > : i was trying to make picobsd work with non-standard floppy > : formats (1722k specifically), but i am having a hard time. > : Basically, the boot2 code says "Not ufs", i think this is > : because it tries to read from the disk using the BIOS > : and the BIOS only knows about the 80 track/18 sector > : format, and not the 82*21 format used for 1722k. Am i correct ? > > I saw an interesting post on from Tom who does a 1722 linux disk. His take on > it was that the BOIS had problems doing a 21 sector read, not reading sector > 21 specifically and he has never seen one that couldn't read sector 21. Maybe > it has something to do with how the loader is reading the disk ? > > : > : This is really bad because in the additional 300K there would > : be a lot of stuff one could squeeze in. > : > > I agree > > > -- > Charlie > > Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. -- Beckett > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message -- Email: skafte@trollkarl.net ICQ: 93234105 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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