From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 16 21:20:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA03902 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:20:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA03895 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA06413; Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:42:25 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604170412.NAA06413@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Problem with floppy To: sbhaskar@ix.netcom.com (swaminathan bhaskar) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:42:24 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604170253.TAA09571@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com> from "swaminathan bhaskar" at Apr 16, 96 07:53:39 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[