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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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