Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:57:42 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: fdformat doesn't work anymore? Message-ID: <200311271957.42283.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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I am trying to format a floppy in a FreeBSD 4.9-mumble system but it spits errors on most tracks. I've tried several floppies, but the result is the same. If I do "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0c" it completes without error. ie -> [midget 19:47] ~ >sudo fdformat /dev/fd0c Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0c'? (y/n): y Processing EEEEVEEVEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEVVVVVVVVVVVE done. Errors encountered: Cyl Head Sect Error 1 0 5 CRC error in data field 2 0 5 CRC error in data field 2 1 5 CRC error in data field 3 0 5 CRC error in data field 3 1 5 CRC error in data field 4 0 5 CRC error in data field 4 1 5 CRC error in data field 5 0 5 CRC error in data field 5 1 5 CRC error in data field 6 0 5 CRC error in data field (Further errors not printed.) vs [midget 19:46] ~ >sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0c dd: /dev/fd0c: end of device 2881+0 records in 2880+0 records out 1474560 bytes transferred in 52.879389 secs (27885 bytes/sec) Nothing is logged in dmesg during fdformat. I have a fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 Running on a 1Ghz K7 KT133 system. I tried it in my laptop (Inpsiron 8000 PIII700, ICH2) with similar results. [chowder 19:50] ~ >sudo fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0c Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0c'? (y/n): y Processing EEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. Errors encountered: Cyl Head Sect Error 1 0 5 CRC error in data field 2 0 5 CRC error in data field 2 1 5 CRC error in data field 3 0 5 CRC error in data field 3 1 5 CRC error in data field 4 0 5 CRC error in data field 4 1 5 CRC error in data field 5 0 5 CRC error in data field 5 1 5 CRC error in data field 6 0 5 CRC error in data field (Further errors not printed.) Admittedly the disks I've tried are a bit old, but it seems very strange that format fails while dd works.. Floppies do suck but some times they are like Obi Wan.. my only hope :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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