From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 06:55:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0CA37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:55:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cordis.lu (mail.cordis.lu [212.190.217.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA5143F75 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 06:55:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from a.carter@cordis.lu) Received: from mailsvr.intrasoft.lu (mail.intrasoft.lu [212.190.217.251]) by mail.cordis.lu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3EE1H1d019479; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:01:17 +0200 Received: by mail.intrasoft.lu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id <24R429KY>; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:51:59 +0200 Received: from intra241.intrasoft.lu (212.190.217.170 [212.190.217.170]) by mailsvr.intrasoft.lu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59) id 24R429KX; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:51:56 +0200 From: CARTER Anthony To: Eduardo Viruena Silva , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Intrasoft Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:55:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20030414083917.O58506@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <20030414083917.O58506@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304141555.20116.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-131.9 required=4.2 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_KMAIL,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.50 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Re: problems with msdos floppies in 5.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:55:05 -0000 Yeah, I am getting frustrated too... Ok, to at least mount, you can do this: mount_msdosfs /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt However, I want mtools to work with it.../dev/fd0 doesn't work...And I can't find info about setting up my floppy drive. Mtools reports: Can't open /dev/fd0.720: Permission denied 1) Why freebsd5 uses .720 as default is beyond me 2) How can I get mtools to use 1440 instead... 3) I know it is a kernel option so that /dev/fd0 gets created properly, BUT WHERE? Thanks, Anthony On Monday 14 April 2003 15:41, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > Hello pals! > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE p7. > > I cannot mount msdos diskettes, I tried: > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt > > I get: > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > # > > I thought my diskette was damaged, or my drive broken, or my cable... > I checked everything, I even bought a new floppy drive. Nothing. > > Now, with another computer, a very old one, I made a MS-DOS boot disk, I > used it to boot the computer where the problem is happening and I could > read and write files to my diskettes. > > I also tried mtools, and they didn't work either. > > # mdir > plain_io: Input/output error > init A: could not read boot sector > Cannot initialize 'A:' > # > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"