Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:45:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Hauser <etienne@usr.ch> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy problems Message-ID: <200504202045.j3KKj2TG030875@multi.usr.ch> In-Reply-To: <200503071321.29241.pbowen@fastmail.fm>
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hello > I'm having a problem doing "newfs" to a floppy on a new installation. I tried > changing to a new floppy and get the same thing. > # fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > # bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440 > # newfs /dev/fd0 > newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 2879: Input/output error [...] i just experienced similar problems with 5.4 from sunday (17. april). but cant tell when it started, since its been a while that i used a floppy. i can fdformat without problems, but i can only read or write the first 18kb, and then a i/o error occurs. dmesg shows nothing. its not a hardware problem, since it works with 4.11 and win2k and the same floppy disk. machine is a dell inspiron 8000. etienne
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