From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 16:58:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17626 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:58:30 -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 QAA17617 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:58:25 -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 QAA22386; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:57:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:57:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: fdformat hangs In-Reply-To: <365052A4.36F5F737@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 Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Bill Hamilton wrote: > This is 2.2.7. > Whenever I try to use fdformat, it hangs the system. That's not nice. Does your floppy disk operate OK otherwise? > 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? Make sure no other devices are using IRQ 6. 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