Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 00:53:36 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare: reading from floppy drive ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002090052130.74045-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20000208224859.A248@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Vladimir N. Silyaev wrote:
> > Slowly figuring out `caveats` with this thing, and moving
> > forward. Got rtc installed and running, so mouse appears to be slightly
> > more responsive. Trying to get the `performance patches` installed next,
> > but can`t seem to get it to read from floppy:
> >
> >Linux_Floppy: Disk supposedly present, read: `Invalid argument`!
>
> Dumb question: did you have a floppy disk in a floppy drive?
Yup, withthe performance patches copied to it. I ended up getting the
network up and running and just ftp'ng them in instead ...
Ppl at work are *soooo* impressed right now :) Next is to get 'an
existing device' working, which I'll act on the recommendations received
so far tomorrow ...
Thanks ...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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