Re: LS120 drive
From a Google search, the document at this URI http://www.cmbi.kun.nl/swift/johnny/sys/ls120-linux.html indicates that as early as kernels 2.0 something there was support for running an IDE LS-120 as an a: drive. The Linux hardware database entry at http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?1072 is not comprehensive, but it seems to warn of using an LS-120 with UltraDMA. This might be a limitation. In any case, you would be advised to use a recently manufactured mainboard with an up-to-date BIOS. There are additional concerns about how to mount the floppy once you get the hardware working. Maybe this can be worked out. This appears to be a general Linux issue, not necessarily a Debian issue. It might be easier to transfer the contents of the floppies from an Amiga computer to a Linux computer with ftp or something else. This might be drudgery, however. good luck, Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:32:25 +0200 (CEST), Sebastiaan wrote: Hello, I am planning to copy several hundreds (thousands?) of old Amiga floppys to my computer and burn a cd from it. My Amiga drives are old and relatively slow and an ordinary PC floppy controller can not read Amiga floppys, so I was thinking about buying a LS120 drive for this job. How well does this drive work under Linux? I have heard that it is possible to read Amiga floppys with this drive, and that the drive is much faster. Is this true? Or does anyone have an alternative on how to read Amiga floppys on PC's? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LS120 drive
From: Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cmbi.kun.nl/swift/johnny/sys/ls120-linux.html indicates that as early as kernels 2.0 something there was support for running an IDE LS-120 as an a: drive. Oh my God. It was early when I wrote that. I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to the entire Linux community. That should not have happened. Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LS120 drive
I have a LS-120 (Superdisc) on a compac that I've used with linux. don't like it.. If convenient, or you're buying, I would get a zip drive. Sebastiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 May 2001, [iso-8859-2] Szatori Péter wrote: Hi At home I use a LS-120 drive and yes if you buy a knewer one, it's much faster reading ordinary floppys. In the kernel you have to compile the ide floppy support and it should work. I don't know how it works with the amiga floppies, what fs do they use. Thanks for your reply. The problem is not the fs, but the amount of data stored on it. DD floppys are 880KB formatted, while on PC this is only 720KB. The problem is not the drive, but the floppy controller, PC's can not read further than 720KB. Thanks, Sebastiaan -Original Message- From: Sebastiaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:32 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: LS120 drive Hello, I am planning to copy several hundreds (thousands?) of old Amiga floppys to my computer and burn a cd from it. My Amiga drives are old and relatively slow and an ordinary PC floppy controller can not read Amiga floppys, so I was thinking about buying a LS120 drive for this job. How well does this drive work under Linux? I have heard that it is possible to read Amiga floppys with this drive, and that the drive is much faster. Is this true? Or does anyone have an alternative on how to read Amiga floppys on PC's? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: LS120 drive
On Fri, 4 May 2001, [iso-8859-2] Szatori P?ter wrote: Hi At home I use a LS-120 drive and yes if you buy a knewer one, it's much faster reading ordinary floppys. In the kernel you have to compile the ide floppy support and it should work. I don't know how it works with the amiga floppies, what fs do they use. Thanks for your reply. The problem is not the fs, but the amount of data stored on it. DD floppys are 880KB formatted, while on PC this is only 720KB. The problem is not the drive, but the floppy controller, PC's can not read further than 720KB. Thanks, Sebastiaan -Original Message- From: Sebastiaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:32 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: LS120 drive Hello, I am planning to copy several hundreds (thousands?) of old Amiga floppys to my computer and burn a cd from it. My Amiga drives are old and relatively slow and an ordinary PC floppy controller can not read Amiga floppys, so I was thinking about buying a LS120 drive for this job. How well does this drive work under Linux? I have heard that it is possible to read Amiga floppys with this drive, and that the drive is much faster. Is this true? Or does anyone have an alternative on how to read Amiga floppys on PC's? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
