Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:33:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: pbowen@fastmail.fm Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy problems Message-ID: <20050309192823.D53002@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200503071321.29241.pbowen@fastmail.fm> References: <200503071321.29241.pbowen@fastmail.fm>
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 pbowen@fastmail.fm wrote: > Sirs: > > I'm having a problem doing "newfs" to a floppy on a new installation. I tried > changing to a new floppy and get the same thing. > > # fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > # bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440 > # newfs /dev/fd0 > newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 2879: Input/output error Can't say I've ever tried to make a UFS filesystem on a floppy, but sector 2879 is off the end of the disk. newfs probably needs a hint for the disk size. 'newfs -T fd1440 /dev/fd0' may work better. > # newfs_msdos /dev/fd0 > /dev/fd0: 2840 sectors in 355 FAT12 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster) > bps=512 spc=8 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 sec=2880 mid=0xf0 spf=2 spt=18 hds=2 hid=0 > newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error The previous newfs proble may have corrupted the floppy. Try fdformat again then newfs_msdos. If you still get an error check the kernel messages (dmesg) for any errors from the fd driver. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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