From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 04:03:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435FE106566B for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:03:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbeeble@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD9F8FC1F for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:03:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so1975953ewy.13 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:03:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=dU/c+M3e/Stb/s45V/jptQcVBN0Ovo8MLyL9yUNT2qQ=; b=F28D3Hy9T/8X8oScO0z8OKIVZmBsb52kwuz46QSSBJZJ4GKuR7xVAjE6A+H0fNYTic 71iq1en0qm3xYbQ6PpLk8gCLqZIwen3jUtKvYWtqIzQNQB1o8STamP6TAdAKIDYQZVJb 3AfZ+G6QVT+7DoqxFODa62UI+n/RbO6xm0BFo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=nG3BMhbJrLJuweE+LcnGj/chK70PLo2JfZom+AuCab2kBsDqPztUKvKIeClvR/SyHQ G724VHB1sAYM4zlUUfq7/EZDVzQdM1EWYyX8CRplfQPK1xh5j+3cfZwR6TulDy3fgrGh sBP0FNcbvzqNvHanpszIQlfeQiD5FbOt1ZGdE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.93.18 with SMTP id k18mr2245071wef.218.1264392237651; Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:03:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <79b166921001241628g20372cc4xcd647745e0492e7c@mail.gmail.com> References: <79b166921001241628g20372cc4xcd647745e0492e7c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:03:57 -0500 Message-ID: <5f67a8c41001242003t3f4f6df3n7a3b1c1867154ceb@mail.gmail.com> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox To: inurneck Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell poweredge 2400 floppy drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:03:59 -0000 On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:28 PM, inurneck wrote: > Hello, > I Can't seem to get my floppy recognized by the kernel. It is in fact a > stripped kernel, I previously took a lot of things out of it, but i have > added all I believe I need. The system sees the controller but never probes > for an actual drive. I *re*added the options > # Floppy drive. > device atapifd # For floppy support. > device eisa # For floppy support. > device ata # For floppy support. > device fdc # Floppy drive controller. > > > If I read correctly rthat's what the handbook said was needed. but when the > system boots all I get is > > > [142]daemon[/daemon/kernel]: dmesg | grep fdc > fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: [FILTER] > [143]daemon[/daemon/kernel]: My first reaction: are you sure it's a regular floppy and not a USB device? Check to see if 'daX' shows up in /dev (where X is an integer). > And in dev all I see relevant is the directory structure: fd>0>1>2 > I'd appreciate your help, what is the minimum things I need in my kernel > config for it to see the floppy, and if I already do have them, why isn't it > probing for it? Lastly what can I do to debug this? I am not one to ask > questions I usually google, and did but all I seem to be getting is > irrelevant information about installation from floppies. Thank you so much. 'fd' is not floppy disk here. It's "file descriptor" ... /dev/fd/X is how you might access your own open file descriptors if you so desired. /dev/fd0 is not related to /dev/fd/0.