Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:40:14 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware questions Message-ID: <199811102240.QAA28719@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Mirror Beastie <rudi@askas.co.za> of "Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:29:29 %2B0200." <3647F969.22149A10@askas.co.za>
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Mirror Beastie writes:
> hi
> does freebsd 3.0 support the ls-120 (120mb "stiffie") external drive ?
> if so is it bootable ?
Apparently only if it attaches via an IDE interface:
% man wfd
WFD(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual WFD(4)
NAME
wfd - ATAPI floppy driver (LS-120 floppy driver)
SYNOPSIS
options ATAPI
options ATAPI_STATIC
device wfd0
DESCRIPTION
The wfd driver provides support for ATAPI floppy disks, typically LS-120
style 120mb/1.4mb floppy drives. In general the interfaces are similar
to those described by wd(4) sd(4) and od(4).
...
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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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