From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 3 20:48:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA01174 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:48:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.svf.uib.no (hermes.svf.uib.no [129.177.128.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA01166 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ronny (ti21a05-0034.dialup.online.no [130.67.193.98]) by hermes.svf.uib.no (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA25427 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 05:45:43 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199709040345.FAA25427@hermes.svf.uib.no> From: "Ronny Jordalen" To: Subject: LS 120 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 05:47:10 +0200 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi I just recently bought a new machine, and decided to go for the new LS 120 drive, that supports both standard floppy disks and a 120 meg disk. However, there are problems. Although I'm able to make the boot.flp for FreeBSD, the drive is unable to read it beyond the BOOT: stage. This is also true for Linux: I'm able to create both disks (boot and root), but the drive isn't able to read the root disk. I've tested the disks on another computer, and there they work flawlessly. Main board (Asus TX97-E) is supposed to support this device, and after upgrading to bios v1.07 it's now possible to boot from the LS-120 drive. The drive seems to be working allright under Windows, though I haven't tested it thoroughly. I was wondering if ppl have had similar experiences with this drive, or if it's a local problem? Has anyone been able to install FreeBSD from such a drive (and the 2.2.2 cd?). One might wonder if I wouldn't have been better of with a standard floppy drive and instead add a zip-drive? Well, my mistake :-) --Ronny