Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:36:46 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox099@sc.rr.com> To: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox099@sc.rr.com> Cc: Satyajeet Seth <sseth@sasken.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy mount problem! Message-ID: <20010125073645.A7421@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20010125073221.A7333@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>; from dmaddox099@sc.rr.com on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 07:32:21AM -0500 References: <20010125065000.A6163@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> <Pine.GSO.4.30.0101251737270.292-100000@suns3.sasi.com> <20010125073221.A7333@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 07:32:21AM -0500, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 05:55:09PM +0530, Satyajeet Seth wrote: > > Hi > > > > > Is this an MSDOS-formatted floppy? If so either try: > > > > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > > > The floppy has been formatted on linux using the command: > > > > mformat a: > > > > So it is a MSDOS-formatted floppy. > > > > On the FreeBSD machine, > > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > > > gives the output: > > > > Jan 25 17:00:00 pcs130 /kernel: fd0: recal failed ST0 > > 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0 > > Jan 25 17:00:00 pcs130 /kernel: fd0: recal failed ST0 > > 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0 > > > > mount: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > > Jan 25 17:00:01 pcs130 last message repeated 3 times > > Jan 25 17:00:01 pcs130 /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of > > 0-3 (No status) > > Jan 25 17:00:01 pcs130 last message repeated 3 times > > Jan 25 17:00:01 pcs130 /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-3 > > (No status) > > Hmmm, I would tend to think that this is just a bad drive, or at lease > out of cal relative to the one on the Linux box, but I'm no expert on > floppy hardware expert :) Wow, too early in the morning here, I guess :) That should read: Hmmm, I would tend to think that this is just a bad drive, or at least out of cal relative to the one on the Linux box, but I'm really not a floppy hardware expert by any means :) > > > > or use mtools just like you did on linux. It's in the ports :) > > > > We are using a standalone FreeBSD 4.0 machine. But, mtools source > > files need to be downloaded. > > No, if you have the CD, just install the package. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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