Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:39:19 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.25" Floppy disk drive not recognized References: <46FFA8F9-90AA-42DE-8E8B-CA4383CA7AC6@kukulies.org>
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> I’m trying to access a 5.25“ floppy disk drive if anyone here knowing what a „floppy“ disk drive is. :) > MB is a ASRock939A790GMH > I see the drive in the BIOS although I’m not sure if it is really „connected“. > Anyway, the FreeBSD (12.1) boot doesn’t see the hardware at all. > Christoph Is that an old motherboard? I didn't think you could still get a motherboard with floppy header. In my experience with 3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks, FreeDOS was better than Linux, and Linux was better than FreeBSD or NetBSD. But I can't try that any more, since my current motherboards have no floppy headers. Tom
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