[wellylug] floppy drive problem

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

is the drive light permanetly on?.....if so the cable is upside down.

have you tried a new cable?

is the floppy drive plugged into the end connector of the cable as it
sould be for /dev/fd0 (a drive)??


Regards,
	Daniel

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 22:16 +1300, jumbophut wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:23:01 +1300, bob dugan wrote:
> > I am still trying to figure out this floppy drive issue.  The bios recognises
> > the new floppy drive.  But RH 8.2 does not.  Every attempt to mount a floppy
> > disk results in the "not a valid block device" message.
> > 
> > I have tried two new drives.
> > 
> 
> You've tried different floppies in it?  I've had problems with disks
> being a non-standard size (i.e. not 1440k).  It's a long shot, but
> it's all I can think of.
> 
> -- 
> Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
> 
> 
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        Daniel Reurich
        Centurion Computer Technolgy Limited
        
        Ph: (04) 565 1832
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        email: daniel at centurion.net.nz