From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 08:27:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA27792 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:27:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from finsco.com (ns1.finsco.com [205.241.191.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA27785 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:27:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billh@finsco.com) Received: from finsco.com by finsco.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA19969; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:25:51 -0600 Message-ID: <365052A4.36F5F737@finsco.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 10:28:20 -0600 From: Bill Hamilton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd questions Subject: fdformat hangs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is 2.2.7. Whenever I try to use fdformat, it hangs the system. I have to reboot in single user mode to get it back up and run fsck. I can read a floppy ok. I can write or format one ok in Win95. This is a 1.44MB floppy. I have tried both the short version and the long of fdformat. The drive light comes on and never goes off. I cannot even alt-F2 to another login. I have hard-reset the machine. Any ideas? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message