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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA12111 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 08:56:16 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id JAA07374; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 09:56:14 -0600 Received: from faust.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0svnxQ-000YbDC; Thu, 21 Sep 95 09:54 MDT Message-Id: <m0svnxQ-000YbDC@mailhost> Received: by faust.ardi.com (NX5.67e/NX3.0X) id AA00331; Thu, 21 Sep 95 09:54:39 -0600 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 09:54:39 -0600 From: <melissa@ardi.com> To: Markmage@aol.com Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: floppy drives & executor/linux In-Reply-To: <950921013536_25174876@mail02.mail.aol.com> References: <950921013536_25174876@mail02.mail.aol.com> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Markmage" == Markmage <Markmage@aol.com> writes: Markmage> I have been unable to read floppies from my 3 1/2 inch Markmage> drive, which is the B: drive. I have found the Markmage> aforementioned "Check for floppies" option, but it Markmage> appears it check only the A: drive. I certainly do not Markmage> get the described result: "the floppy you just inserted Markmage> should be one of your choices." I'm desparate. I have Markmage> tried newsgroups, mailing lists, direct e-mail to ARDI Markmage> in search of a solution, and no one has a solution. The Markmage> only suggestion I have received involves tinkering with Markmage> the Linux environmental variables, which I have Markmage> dutifully tried. This failed utterly. Did you try all 3 of the suggestions? I sent you three. Here they are again: Set the MacVolumes environment variable to point to your B: drive before running Executor, like this: % export MacVolumes="/dev/fd1" If this fails for some reason (but it shouldn't), you can reverse the device entries for your two drives temporarily: # cd /dev # mv fd1 temp # mv fd0 fd1 # mv temp fd0 As a last resort, you could switch the ribbon-cable attachment points for the drives in your machine and adjust your CMOS setup to match. I can't actually try this myself because my small floppy drive is my a: drive. Is anyone else having the trouble Markmage is? -Melissa