From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed May 14 09:18:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA17462 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 14 May 1997 09:18:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home-prime.bawave.com (postoffice.bellatlantic.net [199.45.32.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA17447 for ; Wed, 14 May 1997 09:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from myname.my.domain ([151.201.122.13]) by home-prime.bawave.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-11698) with SMTP id AAA1552 for ; Wed, 14 May 1997 12:19:20 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 12:18:24 +0000 (GMT) From: dmm125@bellatlantic.net (Donn M Miller (dmm125)) X-Sender: dmm125@myname.my.domain To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: system hangs when using floppy Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there, I'm reporting a problem with 2.2.1-RELEASE; Had problems with system hanging while reading/writing from /dev/fd0. Specifically, if I'm using mtools or "tar"ing to /dev/fd0, and I try to change virtual terminals while the floppy is in use, my system hangs. This doesn't (seem to) happen when copying (cp) to a mounted /dev/fd0. It seems as if programs reading directly to /dev/fd0 without a specific 'mount' (mtools, tar) will make the system hang if you attempt to change to a different VT while the floppy is in use. I guess I can't be more specific - this has been happening a lot with mtools, though. This is with the standard FreeBSD virtual terminal driver. Donn email: dmm125@bellatlantic.net phone: 412 547-9089