The hamm installation disks work perfectly with an LS-120. I wrote a message to debian-user a while ago regarding the installation - check the archives if you are interested - or email me (assuming I can remember).
A coworker of mine is using this machine currently and has experineced no significant troubles using only an LS-120 and no other floppy. Paul On 01-Jun-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A while ago I tried to boot slackware a compaq deskpro here at work and > found that it would not boot using the standard boot disk. The problem, of > course, is that the machine does NOT have a floppy drive, it uses an LS-120 > drive. Now I know that this drive is supported under linux as a removable > IDE disk, usually as /dev/hdX where X is b,c or d (the ls-120 CAN't be set > as the first disk unless the primary hd is scsi.) Under dos and windows > the ls-120 is always a floppy disk, ie: drive A:, no matter what kind of > diskette is in the drive. The bios or the OS knows to use the ide > controler, even though the disk is used as a floppy. The bios knows how to > boot this beast. If you try to boot an LS-120 under Linux lilo will fail > on the second stage boot because it thinks that it was booted from a > floppy. > > My question is this. If I were to replace the floppy disk on my computer > with an LS-120 (this will free up an interrupt by moving the 'floppy' to > the IDE interface), can I configure linux to completely support the drive? > This means being able to read, write, and format both LS-120 and 1.44m > floppies. It also means being able to boot a kernel from the ls-120 drive > (assuming my bios can boot a dos floppy from the ls-120). I know that the > stock slackware boot disk was NOT configured for ls-120 support, but even > if that kernel DID support ls-120 IDE disks, the configuration for LILO > would not have been correct to boot a kernel from the drive? > > Has anyone been able to boot Linux from an LS-120, and if so what > configuration of the kernel and lilo was required? > > Thank you. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
