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Date:      Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:56:27 -0800
From:      Beech Rintoul <freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Floppy drive problem
Message-ID:  <200609292156.49675.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>

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I rarely use them, but I have a floppy I needed to format and copy to. The=
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problem is anything I try with the drive results in this error:

Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Device not configured

It shows up fine in dmesg, and I've used it before.

fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on=
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isa0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0

These are brand new disks. Does anyone have a suggestion?

BTW, I'm running the latest -CURRENT

Thanks,

Beech


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