From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 23:17:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA24594 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:17:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtest.usit.net (smtest.usit.net [199.1.48.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA24573 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:17:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from abyss (vabla-max-87.dynamic.usit.net [206.29.54.87]) by smtest.usit.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA02000; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 02:27:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199701140727.CAA02000@smtest.usit.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Troy Settle" To: fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com (Francis Yeung), questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 02:30:33 +0000 Subject: Re: check if floppy in fd0 Reply-to: pitlord@usit.net Priority: normal In-reply-to: <9701140521.AA20998@fyeung8.netific.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.52) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 13 Jan 97 at 21:21, Francis Yeung babbled something about: > > Greetings, > > Is there an easy way to check if there is a floppy > disk in the floppy drive without any error logging barking at > the syslog ? Well, with the way I have my system set up, I just kinda lean over, twist a little, and look at the front of my tower, or, if I don't want to look, I just reach over, and press the eject button to make sure it's empty. > > For example, if there is no floppy in the fd0, any floppy I/O > will cause the following to be logged: > > /kernel: fdc0: input ready timeout > Jan 13 22:16:05 /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No > status) Jan 13 22:16:05 /kernel: fdc0: output ready timeout > Jan 13 22:16:05 /kernel: fdc0: cmd e6 failed at out byte 1 of > 9 Jan 13 22:16:06 /kernel: fdc0: input ready timeout Jan 13 > 22:16:06 /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No status) > Jan 13 22:16:06 /kernel: fdc0: output ready timeout Jan 13 > 22:16:06 /kernel: fdc0: cmd e6 failed at out byte 1 of 9 Jan > 13 22:16:06 /kernel: fdc0: input ready timeout Jan 13 22:16:06 > /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 (No status) etc etc > > Thanks. > > Fran > --- This is a test of the automagic tagline system, this is only a test, if this were a real tagline, it would contain something humourous or informational. For a boring time, check out http://www.public.usit.net/pitlord