On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Smith, Jeffery S (Scott) wrote:
> Replace the /dev/fd0u1760 with /dev/fd0u1722 in the original instructions > and all appears well. The 1722K format is what Microsoft used to use on > their installation disks. I suspect it would be universally supported. I tried the 1722k format on one of my systems and it didn't boot further than the syslinux prompt. Anyway, I've implemented many of your suggestions in the e-smith-reinstall-floppy-1.7.0-02.noarch.rpm RPM in my contrib area. Changes are: - uses a 1494kB format rather than 1440kB. This is still 18 sectors per track, but 83 tracks. That gives you an extra 50k or so to play with, but at a little risk that it will not work with all drives. If you want to try a different format (such as 1722kB), then you just need to change one definition near the top of: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/floppy-put-image - adds some additional checks to the web panel before attempting to make the floppy. This means that you get good diagnostics if you have a mounted floppy, or no floppy in the drive. - formats the floppy before attempting to copy any files onto it. Feedback directly to me please. -- Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lead Product Developer Network Server Solutions Group http://www.e-smith.com/ Mitel Networks Corporation http://www.mitel.com/ Phone: +1 (613) 368 4376 or 564 8000 Fax: +1 (613) 564 7739 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
