From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 18 12:35:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA02978 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:35:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02971 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:35:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA29213; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:34:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:34:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: floppy chokes computer In-Reply-To: <3652E322.8B303186@finsco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Bill Hamilton wrote: > Whenever I try to fdformat a floppy, it kill the system and the floppy > light stays on. > Someone here suggested that there could be an irq conflict. That was me... also check that the floppy cable isn't on backwards. There's not standard for pin 1, the freaks... > Below is dmesg from last boot. There are no conflicts that I can see. > Any suggestions? How hard would it be to compile fdformat -g and > execute it in the debugger. I have used adb and dbx on Solaris, but > never the gnu stuff. I have all the kernel source, but do not see > fdformat.c anyplace. It wouldn't show up here since FreeBSD would disable the offending device. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message