* Michael B. Trausch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990724 15:08]:
> I've got my new LS-120 drive, went to OfficeMax last night and picked it
> up. It's cool... I've tested it under Windows now. I don't have any of
> the SuperDisk media yet, but I'll buy that shortly.
>
> Anyway, I need to know something here: How the heck is the LS-120
> supposed to work under Linux? I enabled the ide-floppy driver, as it
> should have done it for me. Here's the entry from the Linux kernel
> Configure's help system:
>
> In any case, the thing is that it plain out doesn't work. I've tried it
> both as a module, and built in. The LS-120 isn't detected by my BIOS
> (because it's slightly older). Also, I don't have a FloppyMAX yet, so I
> can't boot off of it =(. Anyway, the driver should make it appear on hdb,
> as it's the second device on the primary chain... but it's not appearing
> on any IDE channel (not on hd[bd-h], hd[ac] are taken already).
What does your kernel say on start up? I have a working LS-120, and
dmesg contains the lines
hdc: LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
(I have Kernel 2.2.9, what version are you running?)
The driver is compiled in to my kernel, and all I had to do was add
this line to my /etc/fstab:
/dev/hdc /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,user 0 0
I then stick in a floppy (or LS-120 disk, no difference) and type
mount /mnt/floppy
That should be all you need to do...
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