On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:01:02 -0500 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robert Hancock wrote: > > On 07/01/2009 02:30 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > >> I have been trying to help someone on the openSUSE forums. He is > >> running a 2.6.27 kernel and finds that his "Super Floppy" drive works > > > > Are they using the old IDE drivers, or libata? Do they have any kernel > > output, etc? > > In 2.6.27, I think he has the old IDE driver, but I'm not sure. In any > case, the entire thread on the openSUSE forum is at > > http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/417147-ls-120-opensuse-11-a.html > > Thanks for any help you can give. Basically four content free pages. Ignoring all the stuff about HAL the hardware is detected and the drive reports that the media type is not supported. That all appears to be working beautifully, although I've no idea why the media type is not supported - I wonder if something is trying to read the wrong block sizes or if the LS120 has some magic no standard bits. Unfortunately they are very very obscure hardware. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
