Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:53:45 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't open /dev/rfd0: Device not configured Message-ID: <19990524235345.A28473@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <199905241338.IAA05828@nospam.hiwaay.net>; from David Kelly on Mon, May 24, 1999 at 08:38:21AM -0500 References: <199905241338.IAA05828@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 08:38:21AM -0500, David Kelly wrote:
> Upgraded from 3.1-stable to 3.2-stable this weekend using "make world".
> Then needed to write a DOS floppy and found mtools failed:
>
[...]
> % fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440
> fdformat: /dev/rfd0.1440: Device not configured
> % ls -l /dev/rfd0
> crw-rx---- 9 root operator 9, 0 May 24 08:24 /dev/rfd0
> % id
> uid=928(dkelly) gid=928(dkelly) groups=928(dkelly), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 68(dialer)
> % dmesg | grep fdc
> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> %
>
> Built a new kernel too. My selections are a subset of GENERIC, the fdc
> stuff was untouched.
>
> What broke? It used to work with earlier 3.1's. It appears dmesg sees
> the floppy device. Is it something I'm doing?
>
Make sure you have added `disk fd0 ...' line in your kernel config.
Also make sure that your floopy drive is attached properly and
enabled in your BIOS.
Script started on Mon May 24 23:40:16 1999
relay# uname -v | awk '{ --NF; print $0 }'
FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Sun May 23 02:43:19 EEST 1999
relay# grep fd /var/run/dmesg.boot
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
relay# fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440
Format 1440K floppy `/dev/rfd0.1440'? (y/n): y
Processing VVV^C-----------------------------------
relay# exit
Script done on Mon May 24 23:41:20 1999
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