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From: bob@beamlab ()
Subject: FreeBSD can't find fd1 3.5" floppy
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Summary: fd1 not seen at startup
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
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Keywords: floppy probe routine startup
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Date: 22 Sep 93 03:07:08 GMT


Hi all,

Is there some way to tweak the hardware
probing that goes on during system bootup?

My FreeBSD 1.0 gamma system fails to notice
the 3.5 inch floppy drive, though it works
fine with the 5.25 inch drive.  

I originally reported the trouble as a panic
caused by the floppy driver. In response
Jordan Hubbard kindly sent me a new fd.c,
which is improved in the sense that it
exits gracefully with "device not configured"
but still won't let me use the drive.

It's not clear if the problem is with 
fd.c or something in the startup routine.
I'm reasonably sure the drive is fine,
as it worked with 386bsd 0.1 and OS/2 2.1

thanks for reading

bo