On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, webmedic wrote:
> 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.
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> >
> >
> > cu Pixel.
Same, only dies if i set /dev/fd0 0000
