Difference between revisions of "UltraBay II Floppy Drive"
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=== Features === | === Features === | ||
| − | * 3.5" | + | * 3.5" 1.44Mb |
| − | * | + | * Additional connector to allow attaching drive to proprietary external FDD connector port, allowing the ultrabay to be used for another device at the same time. Requires special cable (similar interface to a 760ED external floppy? The floppy end connector is the same as the Thinkpad end connector on a 760ED) |
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=== IBM Partnumbers === | === IBM Partnumbers === | ||
| + | 12J0425, cable 12J0432 | ||
=== Linux Support === | === Linux Support === | ||
| − | In case you have two floppy drives, the floppy drivers hardware autodetection | + | In case you have two floppy drives, or want to attach the floppy drive externally after boot, the floppy drivers hardware autodetection cannot be relied upon.<br /> |
You can force the floppy driver to use both of them by adding the following line to {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}}: | You can force the floppy driver to use both of them by adding the following line to {{path|/etc/modprobe.conf}}: | ||
options floppy floppy=1,4,cmos | options floppy floppy=1,4,cmos | ||
This gives you support for either external floppy or ultrabay floppy or both if you plug them in after boot time. | This gives you support for either external floppy or ultrabay floppy or both if you plug them in after boot time. | ||
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| + | If at boot there is a floppy drive attached to the external port, this is fd0 and the ultrabay is fd1. Otherwise (no floppies attached at boot/floppy in ultrabay at boot), then ultrabay is fd0 and external port is fd1. An ACPI-aware floppy driver would have the ablility to stop the devices swapping around, but such a thing doesn't exist. | ||
=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... === | === Also known (in IBM literature) as.... === | ||
Revision as of 20:02, 10 August 2005
UltraBay II Floppy driveThis is the 3.5" floppy drive for the UltraBay II slot. Features
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IBM Partnumbers
12J0425, cable 12J0432
Linux Support
In case you have two floppy drives, or want to attach the floppy drive externally after boot, the floppy drivers hardware autodetection cannot be relied upon.
You can force the floppy driver to use both of them by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf:
options floppy floppy=1,4,cmos
This gives you support for either external floppy or ultrabay floppy or both if you plug them in after boot time.
If at boot there is a floppy drive attached to the external port, this is fd0 and the ultrabay is fd1. Otherwise (no floppies attached at boot/floppy in ultrabay at boot), then ultrabay is fd0 and external port is fd1. An ACPI-aware floppy driver would have the ablility to stop the devices swapping around, but such a thing doesn't exist.
