Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!tmpmbx!einoed!utopia!neon!woju From: woju@neon.UUCP (Wolfgang Jung) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Bootlace/Shoelace Message-ID: <1055@neon.UUCP> Date: 6 May 90 18:36:44 GMT References: <2477@crash.cts.com> <2113@bruce.OZ> Organization: Neon Research Caboose (tm), Berlin, West Germany Lines: 23 L.Parkes@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Lloyd Parkes) writes: >> The bit about the the floppy drive motor not turning off. >The answer is quite simple (I just hope I'm right :-). Shoelace loads >Minix using the BIOS, the BIOS leaves the motor running for 2s. In >that 2s Minix starts up. The BIOS no longer has control of the floppy >so it doesn't turn the motor off and Minix didn't turn the motor on, >so it doesn't turn the motor off either. There is an easy way to deal with it. Just put a small funktion into the initsequence witch initializes the Partitions This funktion just tries to get the Sektor 0 of your Floppy(you call the funktion, witch does that) and that function then should stop the Floppydrivemotor... Greetings =================================================================== # Wolfgang Jung Email:woju@neon.UUCP # # Germany Phone:0304112949 # ===================================================================