Rick:
I thank you very much for your input.
I will try to mount a ext2 formatted floppy, exactly as you do.
Can you check is your LS 120 of the same version?. I mean
an ATAPI device or an ide-floppy are these different things?
Eduardo
On 14 Dec 2000, at 11:11, Rick Forrister wrote:
>
> Eduardo, just reinserted my ls120 to my laptop, checked &
> tested. Assuming that you have a mount point "/mnt/ls120"
> the line:
>
> /dev/hdd1 /mnt/ls120 auto noauto,owner 0 0
>
> does work for me. Note that I also checked to ensure that I had
> a valid hdd1 partition & that it had been formatted with mke2fs.
>
> best
> rickf
>
> Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Definition: Honest Politician: Once bought, stays bought."
> --Robert Heinlein
>
> On Wed, 14 Dec 1988, Eduardo Arista wrote:
>
> > Rick:
> > Thanks for your advice.
> > I tried it but it did not work.
> > At boot time the bios recognize the drive as:
> > ATAPI Device LS-120 ver 5 00 UHD Floppy
> > Any other ideas?.
> > Eduardo
> >
> > On 14 Dec 2000, at 8:31, Rick Forrister wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 14 Dec 1988, Eduardo Arista wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > > I am installing RedHat 6.2 in a machine with a LS-120 UHD instead
> > > > of the common floppy. Can someone help me with the fstab file?.
> > > > Also does the kernel support this device or do I need some
> > > > particular module which one and where can it be find?
> > > > In the machine there is also a Yamaha DS-XG multimedia card that
> > > > is unsupported under 6.2. Can someone help me with that one.
> > > > Everything works flawlessly under m$windows.
> > > > Please reply not only to the list but to my particular e-mail, as I
> > > > usually do not receive all them.
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > Eduardo
> > >
> > > Eduardo, I've got LS120 drives on most of my systems, so have dealt
> > > with most of the problems. Mounting the drives for use is not a problem
> > > at all. Just add a line similar to the following:
> > >
> > > /dev/hdd1 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0
> > >
> > > where you replace hdd1 with the apprpriate drive designation and
> > > partition number. Commonly, like zip disks, they seem to come with
> > > partition 4 under MS Windows/whatever; I normally use fdisk to
> > > create partition 1, type 83 (Linux native), and then run mke2fs to
> > > format the partition.
> > >
> > > I've had no success as yet using the LS120 drives as a boot device.
> > >
> > > best
> > > rickf
> > >
> > > Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > Definition: Honest Politician: Once bought, stays bought."
> > > --Robert Heinlein
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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