Subject: Floppy drive detection problem
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: fission <fission@mb.sympatico.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/16/1999 22:16:51
Hello,

I am trying to install NetBSD/i386 1.4.1 on an old 486 that was lying
around.  It has two floppy drives; one 1.44MB 3.5" (DOS "A:") and one
1.2MB 5.25" (DOS "B:").  The kernel detects the floppy controller and the
1.2MB floppy, but not the 1.4MB floppy.  After disabling the 1.2MB floppy,
the kernel says something along the lines of "drive 1: density unknown"
and doesn't configure the floppy drive.

Is there any way to tell NetBSD what my floppy drives are (at boot)?

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance,

--fission