On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> webmedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > One other request if it is possible. I use an ls-120 drive
> > exclusively and mandrake uses it just fine just like it
> > would a floppy. even when I'm installing cooker I do it all
> > from my ls-120 accept one problem. When it comes time to
> > make a boot disk during the install, the install doesn't
> > recognize my ls-120 because it is looking for /dev/fd0 and
> > not /dev/hdd. On my system my ls-120 is /dev/hdd.
> >
>
> it's easy to find that it's /dev/hdd:
>
> for i in /proc/ide/*/media; do grep -q floppy $i && echo $i; done
>
> the problem is when do i search for something else than /dev/fd0? in case
> there's no fd0 or must i prompt?
>
> how can i detect that there's no floppy fd0 drive?
> can you test that this fails?
> perl -e 'sysopen F, "/dev/fd0", 04000 or die'
sorry for the response being so late i run my own computer
sales and service business and so i do this when i get the
time.
I tried perl -e 'sysopen F, "/dev/fd0", 04000 or die' and
it just came back to the command prompt. no errors just
came right back to the command prompt.
>
>
>
> cu Pixel.
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