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From: ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Floppy drive not working
Keywords: pc, msdos, minix, disk
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.235519.4751@amd.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 23:55:19 GMT
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In article <3302@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) writes:
>In article <9117523.15390@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> djk@cs.mu.OZ.AU (David Keegel) writes:
>>
 ...
>>Suppementary question: using shoelace to load /etc/system/* from the
>>boot floppy and then mounting root from ram image on hd3 causes my
>>floppy motor to stay on until I access fd0 (eg: df /dev/fd0). Is this
>>a known problem with shoelace? Can I stop it?
>>
>     Yep, a "known problem" (undocumented feature).  You can modify
>     the source of shoelace, or just change your /etc/rc file to do a
>     mount and unmount of /dev/fd0, which is a klutz but easy to do.
>     (That way, you can stick it in the queue of "things to be fixed
>     someday real soon..." and forget about it.
>

I ended up using the trick in the install procedure for testing shoelace
and put a wini boot sector on the floppy. The floppy motor turns off and
the boot is much faster since it's from the hard disk.

Mike Ching