From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 17:47:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA3316A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:47:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freedombi.com (audiosnake.com [207.179.98.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A548D43D53 for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:47:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles@idealso.com) Received: by freedombi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0DFE672649; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:21:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from freedombi.com (localhost [192.168.10.108]) by freedombi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7897D723A8; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:21:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 24.11.146.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user charles); by freedombi.com with HTTP; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:21:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <45006.24.11.146.21.1097256065.squirrel@24.11.146.21> In-Reply-To: <200410052225.14722.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200410052225.14722.dgw@liwest.at> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 13:21:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" To: dgw@liwest.at User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on freedombi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=7.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy drive is going nuts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:47:41 -0000 Daniela said: > Recently, my floppy drive isn't working properly. The kernel often panics on > unmount of a UFS floppy, and sometimes also while reading or writing an > ordinary DOS-formatted floppy. Very often, the data is corrupted, but when > formatting the floppy, it shows no errors. And once I tried to write a file > (which is just a little bit over 1440k in size) to a 1720k formatted floppy > (worked properly in the past), and the result was a complete system lockup. > I had to do a hard reset to bring it back. This is reproducable. > > I'm running 4.10-STABLE. How can I tell whether this is a software bug or > flaky hardware? Try the following, in this order: - Reseat the floppy drive cable - Replace the floppy drive cable - Replace the floppy drive - Try a couple of newer/older FreeBSD versions (just the live CD should work fine) or even a different OS such as Knoppix or (heaven forbid) DOS. If you still have problems after all this, the most likely explanation is that some portion of your motherboard went bad. -- Charles Ulrich System Administrator Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com