From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Mar 26 18:47:31 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0FA0D1F48B for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE11011E9 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id BA36ED1F48A; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E1BD1F489 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x242.google.com (mail-it0-x242.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::242]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7841D11E8 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luzar722@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x242.google.com with SMTP id 190so7420620itm.3 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:47:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=g/SsAQDtgxkuTRwcNejlmRP9jXA9QgmVAhOgftWCxn4=; b=Pgv1UVqH0c24n4eITdGDjpDOy9vPWedyuBDsFlt1xzF/CC0ag3+aHfqwtFf99XdJIs DtWgfM3ijHeLap5dXksRus6uAjcS51BBn6A4rTl53wQSVqkAGp/REEPC017foC+071bZ dZIR7i/1q+JuHyYqc1tm+CUY3DQTWRYGt3XVwumdTJzFlPPQx0/SQPS9XJiKPN2h9R7Q /k7agSok1G+og5Rzldz7WUV+KxjEPTDUgzCqCv13IG2w5woUtzEK23RZF1OA0rLZehut g40NTUjMsmqcdHtAddyTUrqf//iN+R9Bv+zuPMEBm5bdtixH1JPogtlKPEFRi/HPZ9db oumQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=g/SsAQDtgxkuTRwcNejlmRP9jXA9QgmVAhOgftWCxn4=; b=e8b6HUte3lOiw/omtprVJbNmzNoFDjj1AkxA1urDJiYDIt2ZaFM6wDX0gqxLBT2+8y 2AgrR3oN8ekbOfXugFmLdUl+h8NgkA93EraCXIOAJVk5Jp4mv4U+mhStNwUaknP5qdc6 g1R8ynA4DwXvvR2GUAr2TIEvjrWGTshApKvg5GhSVn+nc8i4FIui2CNj5IDcwB/tIa9W v7A1LnG7b6hwJlBD26iuUlx3ksGTRYPW7NzSNSlhZfzruleHag/ri8oWvipNWdKuVru4 jNQh42W04qILGDxt6W4/K3FQ6uTLoHxOvLRtyC83eo6Z92OK1ySNOahUeEpjg5/pzLDB ArcA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H3Y/S+/45ZAw+tljoMxLbol3QHTy7cESk9/jPFhbFJ4p5UA7IXh9EkrFSJS0mDBTw== X-Received: by 10.107.10.21 with SMTP id u21mr19674612ioi.139.1490554049786; Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.10.3] (cpe-74-141-88-57.neo.res.rr.com. [74.141.88.57]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 62sm2984241itl.1.2017.03.26.11.47.28 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <58D80CCD.6090609@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:47:41 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: john drake CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External USB floppy drives References: <81B78129-37AC-49DD-A76C-996F0C8CDADF@yahoo.com> <20170325231500.edd6b184.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20170325231500.edd6b184.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:47:32 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:53:10 -0700, john drake via freebsd-questions wrote: >> Do you know of an external 3.5 inch USB floppy drive compatible >> with FreeBSD 10.2 > > I have one labeled IBM, it supports the "da" driver (SCSI direct > access). I sadly cannot tell you the exact model, but that is how > it appears to the system: > > ugen2.2: at usbus2 > umass1: on usbus2 > da3 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus4 target 0 lun 0 > da3: Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device > da3: 1.000MB/s transfers > da3: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > > In this case, no floppy was inside the drive, or the size would have > been reported properly. With a floppy inserted, mounting is very > simple, for example if you wish to read files from a floppy: > > # mount -o ro -t msdosfs /dev/da3 /mnt > > You can also use dd to create and obtain images. The only tool you > cannot use is fdcontrol (because it only works with the "fd" driver). > > My local computer store has many like this http://www.microcenter.com/product/468304/8x_USB_20_External_DVD_RW_Drive_Black