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Date:      31 Mar 2003 10:06:50 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: intel desktop board and floppy drive
Message-ID:  <44r88nefsl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030331043708.GE69083@athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
References:  <20030331043708.GE69083@athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net>

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Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au> writes:

> anyone experience problems mounting floppies using an intel desktop
> board??
> 
> I've been able to replicate the problem under 4.4 and 5.0
> 
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
> msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
> 
> fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port
> 0x3f7,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f2-0x3f3,0x3f0-0x3f1 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> fd0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 128 of 128-143 (ST0 44<abnrml,top_head>
> ST1 4<sec_not_fnd> ST2 0 cyl 3 hd 1 sec 3)
> fd0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 128 of 128-143 (ST0 44<abnrml,top_head>
> ST1 4<sec_not_fnd> ST2 0 cyl 3 hd 1 sec 3)

That *looks* like a real read error; either a bad floppy or drive.
I assume you tried other floppies?



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