From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 21:52:06 2003 Return-Path: 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 9901A16A4C0 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from server1.ultratrends.com (server1.ultratrends.com [205.206.59.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797AC43FE9 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 21:52:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trodat@ultratrends.com) Received: from server1.ultratrends.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7P5nU5c035859; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:49:30 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (trodat@localhost)h7P5nU4p035856; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:49:30 -0700 (MST) X-Authentication-Warning: server1.ultratrends.com: trodat owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 22:49:30 -0700 (MST) From: Technical Director To: Verghese George In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting a floppy - Help required. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 04:52:06 -0000 Hello, Usually any type of floppy error can be associated with a 'bad' floppy. If you've ever taken a floppy apart you will quickly realize that the magnetic surface of the floppy has the feel and consistency of tissue paper. As well the majority of floppies are treated, myself included, as throwing stars or other dust to be introduced by how I treat it methods. If I were you I would try a new floppy and see if you can format then. You as well might look into the /etc/disktab file close to the top for other instructions on how to format a floppy. NOTE: I have gotten error messages using FreeBSD/Linux/Tru64 and no messages on a Win32 boxen on one floppy. Then trusting the Win32 I ended up losing data later when it finally reported that the floppy was no good. I hope this helps somewhat. R. PS I have heard that manufactuers only warranty their floppies for 3 months from time of manufacture. That and the relative slow transfer speed makes you wonder why we haven't moved to other more sexy methods of booting up. On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Verghese George wrote: > I tried a simple command of formatting a floppy drive > #fdformat /dev/fd0 > > It comes up with an output > > Errors encountered: > > cyl Head Sect Error > 0 0 1 no address mark in ID field > 0 1 1 no address mark in ID field > 1 0 1 no address mark in ID field > 1 1 1 no address mark in ID field > > etc > > I tried the command > fdformat /dev/fd0.1440 > and fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fdo > but the result is the same. > Am I doing something wrong? > > I am using freebsd 5.1. I had no such problems when I was using version > 4.0 > > > Verghese George > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >