Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:22:09 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: "Terry Cooper" <tcooper1@telusplanet.net>, "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: floppy device busy Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20021021102209.014efb90@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <003601c2791d$aea64560$fb69cecd@donatev49iknkl> References: <200210211458.g9LEwxh13167@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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At 09:19 AM 10.21.2002 -0700, Terry Cooper wrote: >Not sure, I used a script to create the floppy. Is there a way to tell? Can >I just unmount rfd0 (floppy drive) ? Or is that going to leave a file open >still? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> >To: "Terry Cooper" <tcooper1@telusplanet.net> >Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:58 AM >Subject: Re: floppy device busy > > >> > >> > I was trying to create a bootable floppy from using a script I found >from >> > http://www.svbug.com/developer/documentation/handbook/handbook139.html >> > >> > and well it failed. Big newbie surprize. grrrrrrrrrr. Well now I get >this >> > error after I modified the script. >> > >> > fdformat: /dev/fd0: Device busy >> > Bad floppy, please use a newone >> >> Were you CDed to something on the floppy or did you have some file >> there open? >> >> ////jerry >> >> > >> > I rebooted my computer to fix it but there must be a simple command to >fix >> > this. >> > >> > Try cding to "/" and running #df to see if a floppy is mounted. If so, #umount the floppy using the floppy device shown in above df info... That will free up the device so you can rerun your script.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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