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Date:      Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:43:19 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Monkey <SMerryman@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: compaq contura aero 4/33c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403124119.10860G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000701bd5eac$9ae16310$e8c00c0c@monkey>

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On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Monkey wrote:

> I can not get freebsd to recognize my pcmcia 3.5" floppy drive even
> though that is how I put it on to start the install. I am a beginner
> with freebsd and any information you have to help me out with a compaq
> contura aero 4/33c would be helpful, but specifically how to get it to
> recognize the floppy.

Make sure the floppy drive is in on bootup.  Also try setting flag 0x1 on
the fdc device in the boot-time configuration.  This forces the first disk
to be a 1.44MB floppy drive even if the CMOS says it isn't there.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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