Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 11:23:59 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Hoffman <jeffh@cybernetics.net> To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: 2.0R, floppy problem Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950221112039.5464A-100000@server0>
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I recently posted this question on the Questions mailing list and got no
response. I am posting it here in hopes that someone on this list can
find the problem and fix it before v2.1. I will do anything I can to
help diagnose the problem, and if any of you hackers have any suggestions
I am open to anything at this point.
As some of you know, when I tried to install 2.0 from my Walnut Creek
CD-ROM, I got a hard error when it went to make fd0c root. I got it
installed, finally, after using the floppies in the 'newer' directory on
freefall. Now I can boot the machine fine, but cannot install anything
from floppy (my X server from X Inside.)
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Ok, by downloading the newer 2.0R floppies from freefall, I got FreeBSD
to install off of my WC 2.0R CD. Now, for some reason, whenever I try to
read a floppy disk (or mount one, or...), I get an error. Here is an
example:
nexus# mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (ST0 40<abnrml> ST1 1<no_am> ST2 0 cyl
0 hd 0 sec 1)
mount_msdos: mount: Input/output error
nexus#
This is with a DOS-formatted floppy in the drive.
When I try to install my X server (AcceleratedX from X Inside, Inc.), I
get the following:
nexus# tar -xvzf /dev/rfd0
fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 of 0-19 (ST0 40<abnrml> ST1 1<no_am>
ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1)
tar (child): read error on /dev/rfd0 : Input/output error
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: child status returned 1
nexus#
does anyone have any idea what is wrong? I re-made my kernel from the
srcdist and the whole 9 yards, yet nothing seems to fix the problem. Is
there any hope?
Jeff
-- Jeff Hoffman -- jeffh@cybernetics.net -------------------------------------
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