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List:       linux-ultrasparc
Subject:    Floppy on some UltraAX/UltraAXi boxes
From:       Jakub Jelinek <jj () sunsite ! ms ! mff ! cuni ! cz>
Date:       1998-09-17 9:41:08
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Hi!

Just to let you know, on some UltraAX/AXi boxes the single floppy drive you
have is unit 1 and not 0 (B: and not A: in DOS terms). To get that working,
you have to use recent kernel (e.g. from CVS), plus it will be accessible
through /dev/fd1 and not /dev/fd0 as you might expect.
If you have a recent kernel, the boot messages will tell you correctly
Floppy drive(s): fd1 is 1.44M
So if that is your case (if your floppy does not work and prtconf -pv shows
you something like:

....
            Node 0x????????
                manual:
                unit:  00000001
                address:  ????????.????????.????????
                device_type: 'block'
                interrupts:  ????????
                reg: ????????.????????.????????.????????.????????.????????.????????.????????.????????
                name: 'fdthree'
....

(the unit: 1 is important), then upgrade your kernel.
I'll be making kernel RPMS really soon, once some bug is fixed.

Cheers,
    Jakub
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Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz
Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University
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