Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 18:09:02 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: max@sfc.wide.ad.jp Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with floppy drive (please help) Message-ID: <199605060839.SAA14365@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605031309.WAA03938@mail.tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp> from "Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?=" at May 3, 96 10:09:15 pm
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Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= stands accused of saying: > > Today, I made an attempt to use my floppy disk drive for the > first time in two months or so. (It was working OK last time I used > it.) Have you updated your kernel since then? > When I tried to fdformat, it says: > > # fdformat /dev/rfd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/rfd0'? (y/n): y > Processing ---------------------------------------- > fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error > > And, on console: > > isa_dmastart: channel 2 busy That should be fairly harmless. > fd0c: hard error writing fsbn 0 (No status) That's bad. Did you get any extra stuff (fsbn <blah> etc.)? > Could anyone suggest what may be causing this and what I should check? If you have DOS on the machine, check that it can still talk to the drive. Check that you can read another floppy. That's a start... > Masafumi NAKANE, Keio Univ., Dept. of Environmental Information -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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