Technical data

SunOS 5.5 Devices fd(7D)
configuration to be accurate.
Solaris x86 also supports "medium" density, the 1.2-Mbyte, 77-cylinder, 1024-byte sector
format on 3.5" high-density diskettes, used by NEC-DOS. This feature has two hardware
requirements. First, the floppy drive must be one of the supported, dual-speed, high-
density drives. Second, the floppy controller must be one of the supported enhanced
controllers that provide a programmable DENSEL output. For specific manufacturers and
model/part numbers of supported drives and controllers, refer to the Solaris 2.x x86
Hardware Compatibility List. This feature is enabled by editing the This feature is enabled
by editing the fd.conf file and assigninga non-zero value to the mode_3D property for
the appropriate drive entry.
modified 25 Aug 1995 7D-115