Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 15:43:37 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, current@freebsd.org, joerg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Did my floppy drive just break or does fdformat no longer work? Message-ID: <15601.852216217@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jan 1997 05:19:33 PST." <199701021319.FAA15795@root.com>
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In message <199701021319.FAA15795@root.com>, David Greenman writes: >>Running a kernel built as of this morning from -current, I can no longer >>format floppies - I get a cascade of kernel warning messages: >> >>jkh@time-> fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 18 of 16-19 (ST0 44<abnrml,top_head> > ST1 4<sec_not_fnd> ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 1 sec 1) >>fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 18 of 16-19 (ST0 44<abnrml,top_head> ST1 4<sec_ >not_fnd> ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 1 sec 1) >>... > > Looks like "fdformat" is assuming the wrong density = there are only 18 >blocks/track on a 1.44MB floppy (0-17), so it should come as no surprise that >an attempt to format block 18 would fail. Notice that it's saying "cyl 0 hd <1> sec 1" bad drive, probably a dead head. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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