>>>>> "F" == fission  <fission@mb.sympatico.ca> writes:

F> Okay, this is starting to weird me out.  I disabled the 1.2MB drive and
F> left the 1.44 MB drive alone; I tried using /dev/fd0b, but the 1.2MB drive
F> started seeking/spinning/etc.

Beyond cabling oddities, you may be falling into the trap that on the
i386 fd driver, partition "a" is the "default density", "b" is 1.44MB,
"c" is 1.2MB, etc.

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