On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 03:34:01PM -0600, fission wrote:
> Okay, this is starting to weird me out.  I disabled the 1.2MB drive and
> left the 1.44 MB drive alone; I tried using /dev/fd0b, but the 1.2MB drive
> started seeking/spinning/etc.
> 
> Does the placement of the floppy drives along the cable make a difference
> at all?  I ask this because I think the 1.4MB drive is actually second on
> the chain, but is/was defined as the first floppy when I got the computer.

There are a lot of different x86 floppy controller/cable/drive combinations.

Probably the most common is a cable that has a twist in it between the
first and second drive connectors. In that case, the first drive (A: in
MS-Dos) is the one on the end connector, and the one in the middle of the
cable is the second drive (B: in MS-Dos).

Floppy drives may have DS (drive select) jumpers on them too. If so, for
a twisted cable, leave both at DS0. For a cable with no twist, set the
drive A: to DS0, and drive B: to DS1.

Since NetBSD is probing the hardware directly, it won't care about
the BIOS settings for the two drives. (Except for booting from floppy)

Sounds like your 1.44 is fd1.

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