Subject: fd0a: density unknown
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ralf Menzel <menzel@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 10/24/1997 13:54:41
Hi list,
When i try to boot RiscBSD, it doesn't recognise my floppy drive. It says
something like: "fd0a ... density unknown". I'm therefore unable to load the
ramdisk from floppy.
I tried different kernels (sa110-4958, voy-5328 and others), but to no avail.
I finally managed to have the kernel recognise the drive density, by patching
it (the binary). What I did was finding the place the corresponds to line 407
of fd.c, which is:
type = 0x10; /* XXX - hardcoded for 1 floppy */
and replace the 0x10 by 0x01.
Has anyone else has this problem? Or is there something strange about my
computer? I've got a RiscPC 600 with a SA110 fitted in, one floppy drive, a
1.6MB Seagate HDD and a CD drive.
Greetings, Ralf