Jon Topper said:
> > Please ensure that the hardware configuration of your floppy
> > drive is indeed set as drive 0.
>
> That's a little vague. Could you tell me how to do this (or where to
> find the information). Bear in mind that I only have one floppy drive,
> and it is functioning correctly under RiscOS.
It was intentionally vague, because I believe that it is already a
question on the FAQ (but for the A5000), and I'm getting annoyed at
having to keep on answer it. I'll improve the FAQ.
Acorn seem to have had no build standard for their machines, so each
machine seems to be different. Most RiscPCs are supplied with the
floppy drive configured as physical drive 0, but there are some out
there which are configured as physical drive 1.
When RISC OS boots, it searches for the floppy drives, and allocates
them to a logical drive number. Hence, RISC OS does not care whether
the drive is configured as 0 or 1.
However, Linux cannot search for the drive (I would really like it to).
Hence, the drive must be correctly configured for it to be of use with
Linux.
I cannot tell you how to do this, since I cannot see your drive. Every
manufacturer of floppy drive does it differently. Some drives have a
link on the PCB somewhere to select 0 or 1, whereas others have a switch.
Sorry, can't be of any more help.
BTW, most floppy drives come configured as Drive 1, hence the need for
the twist `hack' in a PC floppy cable.
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