I updated my cyggwin (Of cause I did not grab all packages). My cygwin does not know the /dev/fd0 yet. Which packages I have to absolutely to have in order to recognize the floppy drive? Thanks.
MAX > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:40 PM > To: Jonathan Larmour > Cc: ecos; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; max rtos > Subject: Re: [ECOS] copy redboot to floppy on cgywin > > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:19:11PM +0000, Jonathan Larmour wrote: > >max rtos wrote: > >> 4)in Cygwin > >> mount -f -b //./a: /dev/fd0 > >> dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin of=/dev/fd0 > >> then I got > >> /dev/fd0: can not find the file or directory > >> What do I need to check???? > > > >Erk. Perhaps this went away in cygwin 1.3.3 as well and I never noticed! > > > >I'm CC'ing this to the cygwin list for an answer... > > > >Cygwin dudes, how do you now get direct access to a floppy disk, i.e. > >sector by sector, not the logical drive? > > It went away in 1.3.4, actually. This should explain how things work now: > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00136.html > > cgf _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/