On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:19:21 -0800 "Richard C. Steffens" <[email protected]> dijo:
>On the Advanced menu page there is an entry called Floppy >Configuration. When I go to that page, there is an entry called Floppy >Type. There are only two options, <1.44MB> and <2.88MB>. > >Is it possible that the BIOS doesn't support 5-1/4" drives? Or did I >miss something else? It is not only possible, but likely. One of the advantages of the (then) new 3-1/2" drives was that they were standardized. The bad old 5-1/4" drives were sometimes 360 MB, sometimes some other number, the number of sectors were different from one manufacturer to the next, and there were all kinds of other incompatibilities. It was a nightmare for BIOS manufacturers as well as users. You were lucky if your 5-1/4" floppy could be read on your friend's machine. The computer world flocked to 3-1/2" drives as quickly as possible. Assuming the disk you want to read is for an IBM PC (or clone), which at least standardized on 360 MB, you'll need a BIOS from probably significantly before 2000. I'll bet Free Geek has a ton of old motherboards with a BIOS that would do the trick. In fact, you can probably get one for free just by dumpster diving in their trash. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
