On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, P. Larry Nelson wrote: > Thanks Connie! > > In the bios, under "Advanced", I see: > > +--------------------------------------------------------+ > - Processor Configuration > - Memory Configuration > - ATA Controller Configuration > - Serial Port Configuration > - USB Configuration > - PCI Configuration > - System Acoustic and Performance Configuration > +--------------------------------------------------------+ > > Ok, I'm assuming it can't be in the ATA Controller Configuration. > Everything there is Enabled anyway. > > In the USB Configuration, I see: > > +--------------------------------------------------------+ > - Detected USB Devices > 1 Drive > > - USB Controller [Enabled] > - Legacy USB Support [Disabled] > - Port 60/64 Emulation [Disabled] > > - USB Mass Storage Device Configuration > - Device Reset Timeout [20 sec] > > - Storage Emulation > - TEAC FD-05PUB 3000 [Auto]
This looks like the floppy. Any choice there other than "auto". -Connie Sieh > > - USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > > Now, I hope you don't say I have to enable the Legacy USB Support > and the Port 60/64 Emulation, because (from a previous posting last > month) I have to have those disabled otherwise the keyboard and > mouse don't work. > > Side question: is the "1 Drive" it detected the cdrom or the floppy? > > Further data points: > Under the "Boot Options" in the BIOS, I see: > > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > - Boot Option #1 [PATA: SR244W ...] > - Boot Option #2 [Intel(R) MB RAID] > - Boot Option #3 [IBA GE Slot 0500 v...] > - Boot Option #4 [[EFI Shell]] > +-------------------------------------------------------+ > > Is one of the above a floppy? > > Ideas? > - Larry > > Connie Sieh wrote on 3/23/2007 2:33 PM: > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, P. Larry Nelson wrote: > > > >> Ok, here's my dumb question of the week (might have more next week). > >> Does SL 4.4 not support floppy drives? > > > > I indeed does support floppy drives. > > You should check that your bios has the floppy enabled. Sometimes the > > floppy will show as a scsi device.(because it is really usb and usb shows > > as a scsi device) > > > > -Connie Sieh > > > >> Reason I ask is I have an Intel Server System SR1500AL (mother board > >> is Intel Server Board S5000PAL), 1U rack mount, that came with two > >> internal disks (set up to be RAID 1, mirrored), a CDROM drive, and > >> a floppy drive. I need to add the Intel RAID driver at install > >> time and Anaconda is only giving me the choice of sda (I'm assuming > >> that's the hard disk) or hdb (is that the CDROM drive?) at the "Driver > >> Disk Source" page. If I choose hdb and have the appropriate floppy > >> loaded and hit "ok", it just comes back asking me to insert the > >> driver disk again. I'm pretty sure the floppy device should be > >> /dev/fdb (or fd0 or something like that). > >> > >> So, my suspicion is that SL 4.4 does not support floppies, which > >> is a bummer since our entire legacy server installation and rebuild > >> process (that I need to migrate to SL 4.4) is based on floppy > >> diskette kickstarts. > >> > >> Now, pending resolution of that major hurdle, I'm wondering > >> (assuming /dev/hdb is indeed the cdrom) how do I get the .img > >> driver file properly onto a cdrom from my Windows desktop (none > >> of our linux servers has a CD burner)? The rawrite program works > >> only (I suspect) with floppies. I tried using Roxio to put the > >> dd.img file on a cd-r, but that didn't seem to work either. > >> I suspect it's not in the right format. When I open the cd on > >> my Windows box, all I see is a file called dd.img, which, of > >> course, I can't open. When I do the same with the floppy I > >> created with rawrite, I can see the files contained in the dd.img. > > > >> Thanks! > >> - Larry > >> > > >
