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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:56:46 -0600
From:      "Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com>
To:        "'Peter Risdon'" <peter@circlesquared.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: floppy disk - device not configured error
Message-ID:  <019901c3aead$5b26a3a0$0701a8c0@darryl>
In-Reply-To: <3FBB444C.2000802@circlesquared.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Risdon [mailto:peter@circlesquared.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:22 AM
> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error
>
>
> Darryl Hoar wrote:
>
> >Checked dmesg and the floppy controller
> >is recognized, etc.
> >
> >
> It's often helpful to paste your dmesg into your question
> with problems
> of this sort. From my dmesg:
>
> fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port
> 0x3f7,0x3f0-0
> x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
>
> So I have a floppy controller. So far so good. But what about
> a floppy
> drive? That's in the line:
>
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
>
> Do you also have that?
>
> Peter Risdon.
>

looked at dmessg and found:
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0

but no fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0, or for that matter
anything like it.

What does that mean ?

thanks,
Darryl



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