5.25" floppy - Linux / Unix Administration

[Bill Marcum]

On 26 Jul 2003 13:08:18 GMT, Theo Vermeulen
<Theopatat.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've got a floppy drive (5.25"floppy's) and some old floppy's with some
> doents still on it. I've been searching how to get a floppy drive
> installed under unix, but it just won't work.. I've also tried knoppix,
> because they say it detects hardware, and installs it, but no sign of a
> 5.25floppy drive.
>
> can somebody (please) help me?
>

Floppy drives are not made to be auto-detected. You need to use the
BIOS setup.


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[Davide Bianchi]

Theo Vermeulen <Theopatat.org> wrote:

> I've been searching how to get a floppy drive installed under unix,

Plug the drive in a machine, you have to use a PC-class machine,
install the support for the floppy on your system and that's it.
*IF* the drive is still functioning...

Davide

[Bit Twister]

On 26 Jul 2003 15:58:08 GMT, Davide Bianchi wrote:

> Theo Vermeulen <Theopatat.org> wrote:

>> I've been searching how to get a floppy drive installed under unix,

>
> Plug the drive in a machine, you have to use a PC-class machine,
> install the support for the floppy on your system and that's it.
> *IF* the drive is still functioning...

Yeah, and I would guess the head will fill up with oxide particulate
and lift up off the media just reading the directory structure. :(