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From: Camelia Nastase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Michael B. Trausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Tom Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: LS-120 and Linux
>
> I have an LS-120. I have kernel 2.2.10-1, but this is not the point, since
> it worked before with a 2.2.9 kernel.
>
> This is what i do:
>
> modprobe parport
> modprobe parport_pc
> modprobe paride
> modprobe epat
> modprobe pf
> mount /mnt/ls120
>
> to unmount it:
>
> umount /mnt/ls120
> rmmod pf
> rmmod epat
> rmmod paride
> rmmod parport_pc
> rmmod parport
>
> I added in /etc/fstab the line:
>
> /dev/pf0 /mnt/ls120 msdos noauto 0 0
>
> hope it helps.
>
>
> --
> Camelia Nastase
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
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> > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> >
> > Well, the documentation says "insert the driver and the kernel will find
> > it." I have a hard time believing that... it seems to have worked for
> > you, but all I get is the detection of the hard disk drive, and the CD-ROM
> > drive:
> >
> > PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> > PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
> > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3840A, ATA DISK drive
> > hdc: FX810S, ATAPI CDROM drive
> > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> > hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3840A, 3681MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=935/128/63
> > hdc: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache
> > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
> > floppy0: no floppy controllers found
> >
> > Now, I have the floppy controller totally disabled since I no longer have
> > a use for it. But I'm stuck using Windows for now if I want to use
> > floppies or LS-120 discs, until the Linux driver will find it.
> >
> > > (I have Kernel 2.2.9, what version are you running?)
> >
> > That's what I have, too.
> >
> > > The driver is compiled in to my kernel, and all I had to do was add
> > > this line to my /etc/fstab:
> > >
> >
> > Been there, done that.
> >
> > > /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...
> >
> > Yep. That's what the docs say. But that isn't the case for my system,
> > apparently.
> >
> > I guess I'll browse through the kernel source code, find the author of the
> > code, and ask him/her how to troubleshoot so that I can get the thing to
> > work. I know it's not the hardware, 'cuz it works just fine in DOS and
> > Windows.
> >
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> > Customer: I'm running Windows '98 Tech: Yes. Customer: My computer isn't
> > working now. Tech: Yes, you said that.
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> > 7:36pm up 11:08, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.01
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