"N. Raghavendra" wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a Debian newbie and have the following problem with my floppy drives. > There are two of them: a 1.44 MB floppy drive and an unused 1.2 MB floppy > drive. In the BIOS setup I have configured the 1.44 MB drive as A: and > the other floppy drive as B:. Are you *sure*? Typically, the BIOSes I've seen let you configure the *drive densities* any way you want, but which one is really the A: and which the B: drive depends on where the drives are on the cable. You'll see flaky problems in DOS or Linux if you get it the wrong way round. I.e., your statement:
>In the BIOS setup I have configured the 1.44 MB drive as A: and > the other floppy drive as B: probably ought to be: > In the BIOS setup I have configured the A: drive as 1.44 MB and > the other floppy drive (B:) as 1.2 MB. Big difference, and the wrong thing to do. :-) Maybe this is no longer true in the newer BIOSes, but I tend to doubt it... I'll bet your drives don't work "right" in DOS either. I'd go with David Teague and say turn your cable around. [cut etc]
