Re: Installing with LS-120 Drives

1999-06-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Joao Paulo Figueiredo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Is there any chance to install Debian with a > LS-120 Drive? My system doesn't have a 3.5 inch > floppy. > > When I trie "Install Base System" it gives > an error saying it can't read floppy: I/O error. I've used an external zip drive myself

Installing with LS-120 Drives

1999-06-27 Thread Joao Paulo Figueiredo
Hi, Is there any chance to install Debian with a LS-120 Drive? My system doesn't have a 3.5 inch floppy. When I trie "Install Base System" it gives an error saying it can't read floppy: I/O error. I'm using Debian Slink in a Compaq Deskpro 4000. Thanks in advance, jpf. ___

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-14 Thread Kenneth Scharf
for something > > else. > > Kenneth > > If you find out how to do format a dos floppy in an LS 120 drives, that > would settle my impending purchase on an LS 120 for the new machine in my > life. > > It seems to me that formatting a floppy should be do-able by

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-14 Thread David B. Teague
for something > else. Kenneth If you find out how to do format a dos floppy in an LS 120 drives, that would settle my impending purchase on an LS 120 for the new machine in my life. It seems to me that formatting a floppy should be do-able by any drive that can write to the floppy disk. Or d

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-13 Thread Kenneth Scharf
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 05:32 -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > havn't done so yet). I also have yet to find a way to format floppies > on the ls120 under linux (works under windows). I am using the ls120 Umm, wouldn't a simple '/sbin/mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdc' do the trick (works for floppies under /d

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-12 Thread Dave Swegen
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 05:32 -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > havn't done so yet). I also have yet to find a way to format floppies > on the ls120 under linux (works under windows). I am using the ls120 Umm, wouldn't a simple '/sbin/mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdc' do the trick (works for floppies under /dev

ls-120 drives

1998-10-12 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system? --- YES I have an ls-120. Compile 'ide floppy support' into your kernel. My LS120 is the slave on the second IDE interface, so it is /dev/hdc. I can boot from the LS120 (my

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-11 Thread Lorenzo Pulici
On sab, 10 ott 1998, Vernon Marshall wrote: >Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system? Recompile the kernel with section (on make menuconfig) FLOPPY, IDE AND OTHER BLOCK DEVICES [*] Include IDE/ATAPY FLOPPY support (NEW) enabled. I have a LS 120 drive as /dev/hdb

Re: ls-120 drives

1998-10-10 Thread Curt Daugaard
Yes. The 2.0.30 kernel includes support for the drive. Look for it in the config documentation when you compile. Works great here. HTH. Curt Daugaard On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 08:34:33AM -0700, Vernon Marshall wrote: > Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system? >

ls-120 drives

1998-10-10 Thread Vernon Marshall
Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system?