From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 16 14:16:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16719 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:16:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16709 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:16:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA04622; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:15:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:15:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: gunnut@2ainfo.it cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Erratic computer behaviour In-Reply-To: <35AB6BE7.1D79C8E8@2ainfo.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 gunnut@2ainfo.it wrote: > Dear Sir, > I am a new FBSD user and I have problem of inconsistent > computer behaviour.Let me make my point clearer; > 1-I tried several time to format floppy disk with error messages,today > all of a sudden not only I could format the floppy,but I succesfully > mounted a file system to it and copied files.The only problem it would > only have 855 kb insted of the 1316 expected (3.5" HD floppy) Bad floppy disk, perhaps? Or flaky floppy cable? > 2-I have a HP Laserjet 4000 I set up the various file and it would make > a test and print fine,after a week it was a dead duck > I could not get it to work with the lpr command I switched to lpd > command and it started to print again.A few days later it works using > lpr. lpd != lpr; lpd is the server and lpr the client. Note that LaserJets with JetDirect cards won't accept jobs while they are printing. > 3-Unmounting cdrom I find it necessary at times to repeat the same > command 2,3 times before execution. I've never had that problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message