From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 06:56:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70DE916A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:56:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpclu-2.eunet.yu (smtpclu-2.eunet.yu [194.247.192.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42E9543D31 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:56:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kolicz@EUnet.yu) Received: from mycenae.net (P-2.106.EUnet.yu [213.240.2.106]) by smtpclu-2.eunet.yu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iB96u6L6010722 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:56:07 +0100 Received: by mycenae.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5BF4560DA; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:55:31 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:55:31 +0100 From: Zoran Kolic To: freebsd-stable Message-ID: <20041209065531.GA683@mycenae.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scan: EUnet-AVAS-Milter X-AVAS-Virus-Status: clean X-Spam-Checker: EUnet-AVAS-Milter X-AVAS-Spam-Score: -1.1 X-AVAS-Spam-Symbols: AWL BAYES_50 Subject: Re: painful delay during 5.3 boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 06:56:11 -0000 > The problem just resurfaced when I built a custom 5.3 kernel. It turns > put that the problem was never fixed. The kernel on the 5.3 release > installation disk now just rejects the floppy drive when it configures > the floppy controller and the system comes up without the floppy drive, > something I didn't notice because I was doing a CD installation. > Could this be due to a floppy hardware problem? (How can I tell? > Is there any documentation anywhere about the PC floppy disk controller > interface?) The floppy disk drive seems to work correctly. Could it be bad cable or something? Or some change in fstab that tries to make connection with something on device? If it is the same computer as with previous trouble, could you try it on another one? Floppy works for me always nice and was the only device I never had head- ache with. ZK