Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | floppy.c problems? | Date | Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:58:41 -0500 |
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Greetings all; Slightly offtopic but maybe I can find some info here.
I have a requirement to format and use a floppy, either mechanical size, 256 byte sector, 18 sectors per track at 250kilobaud data rate. I have been assured that the "superio' chip on my mobo can indeed do that format. Soooo...
I've added 4 more lines to the floppy definition array in floppy.c, and increased the array count at the top to match, but I don't seem to be able to get any output, its working as usual. Stuck in 512 bytes per sector modes, 9 to the track that is.
I even turned on several debugging options, but haven't found out where the logging is going if its working. Looks like if its doing any debugging outputs, they're being sent to /dev/null.
Ideas?
Secondary problem too, I have a zombie of minicom that I can't kill. Its sleeping for disk access or some such twaddle. It always trashes the X window cli screen I run it in, and often locks up like a piece of MS software from 1983. Surely that thing has been cleaned up and 'sane'itized for use with x somewhere along the line. Or am I useing the wrong comm terminal utility in the first place?
-- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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