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Date:      Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:48:00 -0800
From:      William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>
To:        "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mtools Problems
Message-ID:  <36B7D500.F7FA232C@cybcon.com>
References:  <36B7CDE6.AE2A9B03@cybcon.com> <19990202232632.A28945@stat.Duke.EDU> <36B7D493.D4084B45@cybcon.com>

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Also, here is a cut from dmesg..........I dont like the looks of this:

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fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No status)
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No status)
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0: recal failed ST0 70<abnrml,seek_cmplt,equ_chck> cyl 0
fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No status)


William Woods wrote:

> OK, I changed it to /dev/rfd0 and get the same error after I type
> mdir.........
>
> plain_io: Input/output error
> init A: could not read boot sector
> Cannot initialize 'A:'
>
> any ideas for me??
>
> Sean O'Connell wrote:
>
> > On 1999 Feb 02, William Woods (aka wwoods@cybcon.com) wrote:
> > > I have just installed mtools from the ports collection on a 3.0 Stable
> > > system. Now, when I do a
> > > mdir a: I get
> > >
> > > Can't open /dev/wfd0: Device not configured
> > > Cannot initialize 'A:'
> > >
> > > Any ideas on this?
> > >
> > > Here is my mtools.conf
> > >
> > > -----------------------
> > > # # FreeBSD floppy drives
> > > drive a: file="/dev/wfd0"
> > > drive b: file="/dev/wfd1"
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas appreciated
> >
> > Bill-
> >
> > /dev/wfd0 -> zip drive or ls120
> >
> > you want to use
> >
> > /dev/rfd0 or /dev/rfd0c (same)
> >
> > you probably also want to make sure taht
> > you have rw perms ot the device.  a quick
> > and dirty approach is to chmod 666 /dev/rfd0
> >
> > try mdir
> >
> > S
> > --
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Sean O'Connell                                  Email: sean@stat.Duke.EDU
> > Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences   Phone: (919) 684-5419
> > Duke University                                 Fax:   (919) 684-8594
> >
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> >
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