[ros-kernel] Re: Can't Load FLoppy Driver.

[James Tabor]

Hi,
> "James Tabor" <jimtabor at adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> The old floppy driver worked but you had to load ROS with the floppy
>> inserted into the drive.
>>
>> So, what is wrong with the new driver? It's a PCI->S/IO->ISA device.
>> With the default dma = 2, irq = 6, io = 3f2-3f5, 3f7. FreeDOS can see
>> it.
>>
>> DriverBase for \SystemRoot\system32\drivers\floppy.sys: ddf0c000
>> floppy: AddControllers: failed to get controller info from registry
> 
> You _must_ boot ReactOS using FreeLoader in order to use the floppy driver
> because FreeLoader retrieves some controller data from the BIOS that is used
> by the floppy driver.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Eric

How do I load freeloader from linux to the fat32 dos partition, with dos
loaded on it not w2k or xp?

Ros can compile it, but it can not install it. The cd installer doesn't work
with my system too. I have hda1 as fat32, hda2->hda5 as Extended->fat32 and hda3
Linux native.

Thanks,
James


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