Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:42:24 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sbhaskar@ix.netcom.com (swaminathan bhaskar) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with floppy Message-ID: <199604170412.NAA06413@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604170253.TAA09571@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com> from "swaminathan bhaskar" at Apr 16, 96 07:53:39 pm
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swaminathan bhaskar stands accused of saying: > > Hi BSD Guru's, > > I mounted the floppy device using the following: > > mount -t msdos /dev/fdo /tmp/floppy I doubt it. Anyway, the command should have been # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /tmp/floppy > I would get the following messages: > > fdc0: input ready timeout > fd0c: hard error reading from 288 (No status) > > I keep getting this message quite often. Whats the problem ? Bad sectors. > Bhaskar -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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