From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 15 14:23:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120F737B859 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:23:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08164; Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:23:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200004152123.RAA08164@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:23:22 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Sasha Nazarenko Subject: RE: problem with fd0 Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 15-Apr-00 Sasha Nazarenko wrote: > Have problem with my floppy in FreeBSD 4.0S > - dmesg > fdc0: at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > - > >#fdformat /dev/fd0 > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error > fd0c: hard error writing fsbn 0 (No status) Bad floppy. Or at least your drive is saying that it can't low level format the floppy. I'd try a different floppy to make sure. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message