[techtalk] SupppperrrDissskkk

Olivier Tharan olive at minet.net
Wed Aug 23 09:27:34 EST 2000


Le 22 août 2000, jboudell écrivait :
> Anyway, does anyone know how to install the SuperDisk properly so Linux
> recognizes the SuperDisk as a fd?  I have been reading a lot, both
> online and books, and am wondering if I should check the dev and
> reassign the SuperDisk as an fd?  I'm so new that I'm not actually sure
> what to do.  It would be nice to use my fd.  : )

Well, the SuperDisk is actually connected to your ATAPI controler, it is
an ATAPI floppy disk. Under Linux, there is an ATAPI floppy driver,
which recognizes the SuperDisk.

I was obliged to change some parameters on my machine in order to use
properly the SuperDisk; things which come to mind are mtools.conf
(change from fd0 to hdb or hdb4, can't remember off the top of my head),
perhaps fstab and the automounter config.

Check 'dmesg' just after booting, you will find a line with 'LS-120' in
it, it should give you the correct device to use (hda, hdb, hdc ou hdd
depending on where the SuperDisk is attached).

My only problem remains how to boot a floppy with the SuperDisk; it
seems my BIOS is too old to be able to boot on the SD, even though it
sees it as a floppy disk.

olive
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