Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 01:30:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/4086: Floppy Disk Driver Problem Message-ID: <199707140830.BAA08063@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/4086; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: root@counterintelligence.cdrom.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/4086: Floppy Disk Driver Problem Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:23:34 +0200 (MET DST) > > >Number: 4086 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: Floppy Disk Driver Problem > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 13 21:10:01 PDT 1997 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: 0000-Administrator > >Organization: > >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 > >Environment: > > > > Micron PPro 180, 64M Core , FreeBSD-Stable, Using onboard IDE > controller/floppy controller, single 3.5" floppy drive controller detected > as a NEC72065B > > >Description: > > > > fdformat fails also reading from a floppy occassionaly fails > message: hard error reading isbn xx of xxxxxx is generated on the console > > this error is not isolated to this computer I have heard of other people > having it (fdformat will work in 2.1.5 but not 2.2) > > >How-To-Repeat: > > > > run fdformat on my machine with any floppy disk > > > >Fix: > > > > transfer relevant files to a windoze machine to rawrite images copy files > on disk etc. Another fix might be to use the raw device (i. e. /dev/rfd0) instead of the block device (i. e. fd0) as argument to fdformat. > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: >
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