Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:23:19 -0500 From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drive and Linux
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:00:18 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:53:08 -0600 (MDT) >From: "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drive and Linux > >In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >: I am not running Linux. I am interested in it because I want to port >: it over to eCs. eCs doesn't have a floppy driver for the Libretto and >: its a real pain to run without a floppy. Its difficult to install the >: operating system and programs. > >In that case, all you really need to know is that you have to PIO the >data in, rather than DMA. There's an additional data port for this >purpose. Other than that, it is a standard PC floppy controller. Thanks. I also found a free OS/2 C compiler on the IBM site so it shouldn't be much of a problem. > >FreeBSD also supports this floppy, as does NetBSD. Might be another >place to look for data on the thing. What is FreeBSD? Where is it used? Will it run on the 70CT? > >Warner > John ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
