From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 04:57:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 2EE3B16A4DA for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:57:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from overlord.navalradio.cl (overlord.navalradio.cl [201.236.67.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8272C43D45 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:57:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ppp108-110.static.internode.on.net [150.101.108.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by overlord.navalradio.cl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7U4uhwN030295; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:56:46 -0400 (CLT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Message-ID: <44F51A92.5010308@webanoide.org> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:56:50 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Macintosh/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wildebeest@mithlond.net References: <34702.127.0.0.1.1156765075.squirrel@mithlond.net> <20060829010942.GA710@powerfull.bsd> <56608.127.0.0.1.1156847226.squirrel@mithlond.net> In-Reply-To: <56608.127.0.0.1.1156847226.squirrel@mithlond.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-100.0 required=5.0 tests=USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.1.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on overlord.navalradio.cl Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: having hard time with mounting floppies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:57:08 -0000 Tuomas wrote: > ajm, > > Thanks for taking the pains to reply. > > This is what I tried: > > localhost# newfs -L FreeBSD /dev/fd0 > newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 2879: Input/output error > localhost# newfs_msdos -f 1440 -L MSDOS /dev/fd0 > /dev/fd0: 2847 sectors in 2847 FAT12 clusters (512 bytes/cluster) > bps=512 spc=1 res=1 nft=2 rde=224 sec=2880 mid=0xf0 spf=9 spt=18 hds=2 hid=0 > newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > > On another forum, someone suggested to me that I should try FreeBSD 6.x. > FreeBSD 5.x has, according to this guy, some problems with some floppies. > > So maybe I try FreeBSD 6.x, or I will use Linux on this machine. Hi, I suspect the problem does not lie in FreeBSD, but elsewhere. Have you tried using different floppy discs? Specially another brand? Maybe the cable connecting your floppy drive is playing on you or even the drive itself is faulty. I just tried the following on a fresh 5.5-RELEASE install without any problems: # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt [...] # fdformat /dev/fd0 # newfs -L FreeBSD /dev/fd0 # newfs_msdos -f 1440 -L MSDOS /dev/fd0 I hope this helps. Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B