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From: jmiller@bgsuvax.UUCP (Jim Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: 3.5" external floppy with PC-MINIX 1.5?
Message-ID: <7192@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 91 20:27:57 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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I have a true blue XT with an IBM 3.5" 720K external floppy drive, and I
am wondering if this drive is usable (in 720K mode) with minix 1.5?
This drive is connected through the large connector on the back of the
floppy controller.  Do I need to make a new device to use it, like
/dev/fd2 with the same major device number, and a minor number one greater
than /dev/fd1?

Thanks very much in advance - I'm still new to minix and have not been
able to find any references to this size media in the documentation I have.

Jim Miller
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