Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Build from "scratch", LOL

J, Most computers STILL recognise the 'A' drive. Even Linux still recognise
it but as 'fd0'. The controllers
has been done away with by the chips now but they do the same thing.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:28 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 15:33, dvdpst <dvdposton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is call HD controller or CD/DVD controller now. BUT it still uses the
> > same controller.
> > Some MBs still has FDD controller buillt in. Look in some Bios. Some
> still
> > has 'A' drive as an boot
> > option.
>
> Please point me to any source of information that can provide data on
> your Floppy Controllers? The Floppy controller is a discrete device
> from the hard disk controller, with the exceptions of IDE and SCSI
> Floppies. USB Floppies use SCSI command sets over the USB bus. Hard
> disks and optical drives do not pass data across a Floppy Controller.
> They are controlled via an IDE chipset, a SATA Chipset, a SCSI chipset
> or SAS chipset, but not a Floppy controller chip. Unless, of course,
> you're using a computer built in the 80's before IDE became a
> standard.
>
>
>

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