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Floppy Drive Arguments

All of the information in this section can be found in README.fd in

linux/drivers/block. The following information is taken directly from this file.

Several points of interest include:

  Using floppy= arguments on the command line as well as in the LILO

config file will result in the two arguments being concatenated.

  The floppy= argument can be used with insmod, however the syntax

is slightly different.

  For insmod the floppy= is only entered once with the parameters fol 

lowing it in quotes as, floppy daring two fdc .

  floppy=mask,allowed drive mask and floppy=all drives are obso 

lete and should be replaced by: floppy=,,cmos

Specifying a drive is mandatory when using more than 2 floppy drives, and

sets the CMOS type for  to , where the CMOS types are:

0   Use the value found in the physical CMOS

1   5 1/4 DD

2   5 1/4 HD

3   3 1/2 DD

4   3 1/2 HD

5   3 1/2 ED

6   3 1/2 ED

16   unknown or not installed

Note:

Type 5 is for use with AMI floppy drives. Under other cir 

cumstances this type was intended for use by floppy  tapes .