Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 00:39:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: nate@freefall.freebsd.org (Nate Williams) Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot disk.c Message-ID: <199509160739.AAA01052@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199509160502.WAA28734@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Nate Williams" at Sep 15, 95 10:02:38 pm
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> > nate 95/09/15 22:02:37 > > Modified: sys/i386/boot/biosboot disk.c > Log: > When confronted with a drive that says there are 36 sectors/track, > ignore and set it to 18 sectors/track. This allows FreeBSD to boot with > 2.88MB floppies which are used in older ThinkPads. > > Submitted by: Random Net person whose name I lost Now, how about going one step farther and makeing the driver work with 2.88 media. You need to flip a bit in the controller register to set vertical recording mode, and add the table entry for the 2.88 (which should really have another field added to say if we need the vertical bit on or not). -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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