The floppy has always been disabled. I tried it enabled just as a test, and,
as expected, the LS-120 drive is still an unknown device.
Al
Tom Berger wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > I just received a new machine and installed Mandrake ver 6.0 -- I
> > believe it will cure the problem I am having. When I boot I have to add
> > this parameter: "ide2=0x10c0,0x1016". This allows linux to see my hard
> > drive which is on a dma66 bus*. The problem occurs during boot when I
> > receive this message:
> >
> > Nov 1 17:05:40 xxx kernel: hdd: P, ATAPI UNKNOWN (type 16) drive
> >
> > That be my LS-120 drive. I have another machine with a LS-120 running
> > Mandrake 6.0 and it sees my LS-120 no problem. The big difference
> > between the machines is the processor speed -- not an issue -- and the
> > dma66 bus. Since I had to add the parameter to the boot command I am
> > guessing that it is part if not the root of the cause. I cannot figure
> > it out though.
>
> Wrong BIOS setting. Disable your floppy-drive.
>
> tom
>
> > One of the wierd symptoms about all this is that the drive does not
> > "receive power" when I boot with linux. If I boot into windoze the
> > dirve works perfect. Under linux, however, if I put a disk in it is
> > stuck in the drive until I reboot into windoze. I would think the eject
> > button would work independent of the OS, but it does not. To me, that
> > is really strange because the eject button is not software controlled.
> > In fact, I do not hear the drive "pull" the disk into position either.
> > That is why I say it is like the drive is not receiving power at all.
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help in advance.
> >
> > Al Niessner
> >
> >
> > *When I tried to upgrade to 6.1, it had the same problem, and I did not
> > feel like upgrading without fixing this problem too.
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