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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:57:07 +0700
From:      Olivier <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.25" Floppy disk drive not recognized
Message-ID:  <wu7ft8pmwpo.fsf@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
In-Reply-To: <20200814085228.64AD5112505@mail.cs.ait.ac.th> (mueller6722@twc.com)

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Christoph

>> I’m trying to access a 5.25“ floppy disk drive if anyone here knowing what a „floppy“ disk drive is. :)
>
>> MB is a ASRock939A790GMH
>    
>> I see the drive in the BIOS although I’m not sure if it is really „connected“.
>
>> Anyway, the FreeBSD (12.1) boot doesn’t see the hardware at all.

Launch any old live OS that still had support for floppies and migrate
your data.

You should be able to find old ditribution of some Linux, or even WinXP.

Olivier



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