Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:46:17 -0700 From: Robert Clark <ROBERTC@PII.COM> To: questions@freebsd.org, alwan@rma.edu Subject: qic-80 floppy tape not detected -Reply Message-ID: <s35ddaf2.070@pii.com>
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Michael, It looks like the ft0 entry in your GENERIC kernel config, is intentionally NOT probing the floppy drive. The Flag entry seems to have this purpose. I'm guessing that you can set a flag in the (boot system with -c) kernel config screen, to allow for probing. (IE:set the flag value to 1 in the visual config.) (I'm basing this info on the LINT file for my 2.2Gamma system.) [RC] >>> Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu> 04/22/97 09:12pm >>> To all: Before I start moving cables around, I wonder if anyone has a short answer for this question: I configured my kernel aka the instructions in the FAQ (release 2.2.1) for my ole' iomega qic-80 floppy tape drive--in fact, I tried several configurations. No sign that the drive is or isn't being recognized at bootup. The same thing (doesn't) happen with the 2.2.1 boot.flp. As far as I know, the qic-80 drive is connected in the usual way to fdc0 via a tee-cable. It works fine in MS Windows. Appended is my kernel configuration file and demsg output--note that I have only one 3.5 in. floppy, and I have tried designating the tape drive as both "drive 1" and "drive 2." For no good reason, I stripped all unused devices from the config file instead of just commenting them out--this is really my complete kernel configuration file, named ALWANKERNEL. Any help would be appreciated!--didn't see anything quite relevant in the archives. This is the second time I've posted this message to questions@freebsd.org--if no one knows the answer, my apologies for the repost. It occurs to me, maybe the tape drive isn't detected as a device at boot-up, or maybe it should be configured as drive 2 on the fdc0 controller, since I only have one floppy drive. Trying to mount the tape drive (mount /dev/ft0 /mnt) gives me a "device not configured" message. I've made the device in /dev. Thanks, Michael Alwan # # GENERIC -- Generic machine with WD/AHx/NCR/BTx family disks # # For more information read the handbook part System Administration -> # Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel -> The Configuration File. # The handbook is available in /usr/share/doc/handbook or online as # latest version from the FreeBSD World Wide Web server # <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/>; # # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the # device lines is present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT. # # $Id: GENERIC,v 1.77.2.4 1997/02/22 20:31:24 joerg Exp $ machine "i386" cpu "I586_CPU" ident ALWANKERNEL maxusers 10 options INET #InterNETworking options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options NFS #Network Filesystem options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 Filesystem options PROCFS #Process filesystem options KERNFS #Kernel filesystem options LFS #Log filesystem options MFS #Memory filesystem options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] options BOUNCE_BUFFERS #include support for DMA bounce buffers options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options FAILSAFE #Be conservative options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel options SYSVSHM options SYSVSEM options SYSVMSG options "MD5" config kernel root on wd0 controller isa0 controller pci0 controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 flags 0x1 vector f dintr disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 #disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus options ATAPI_STATIC #Don't do it as an LKM device wcd0 #IDE CD-ROM controller snd0 # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr options XSERVER # include code for XFree86 options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor # Mandatory, don't remove device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr device sio2 at isa? disable port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr device sio3 at isa? disable port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 vector siointr device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr device joy0 at isa? port "IO_GAME" # Order is important here due to intrusive probes, do *not* alphabetize # this list of network interfaces until the probes have been fixed. # Right now it appears that the ie0 must be probed before ep0. See # revision 1.20 of this file. pseudo-device loop pseudo-device log pseudo-device sl 1 # ijppp uses tun instead of ppp device pseudo-device tun 1 pseudo-device pty 16 pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's pseudo-device speaker # KTRACE enables the system-call tracing facility ktrace(2). # This adds 4 KB bloat to your kernel, and slightly increases # the costs of each syscall. options KTRACE #kernel tracing Copyright (c) 1992-1996 FreeBSD Inc. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Sun Apr 20 01:23:54 EDT 1997 michael@alwan.rma.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/ALWANKERNEL CPU: Pentium (119.75-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x526 Stepping=6 Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) avail memory = 30539776 (29824K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0 <Intel 82439> rev 1 on pci0:0 chip1 <Intel 82371SB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 0 on pci0:7:0 chip2 <Intel 82371SB IDE interface> rev 0 on pci0:7:1 vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 67 int a irq ?? on pci0:9 Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa sio0: type 16550A sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa sio1: type 16550A sio2: disabled, not probed. sio3: disabled, not probed. lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port lp0: TCP/IP capable interface fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 flags 0x1 on isa fdc0: NEC 72065B fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <WDC AC31600H> wd0: 1549MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5502TA/0206>, removable, intr, iordis wcd0: 1033Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 255 volume levels, ejectable tray wcd0: 120mm data disc loaded, unlocked npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface joy0 at 0x201 on isa joy0: joystick
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