From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Mar 25 22:16:06 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 27823D1D129 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F099921 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 0B593D1D126; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:06 +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 09397D1D122 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66FEC920 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:15:03 +0100 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-127-117.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.127.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F1083CBF9; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:15:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v2PMF1S5002056; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:15:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:15:00 +0100 From: Polytropon To: john drake Cc: john drake via freebsd-questions , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External USB floppy drives Message-Id: <20170325231500.edd6b184.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <81B78129-37AC-49DD-A76C-996F0C8CDADF@yahoo.com> References: <81B78129-37AC-49DD-A76C-996F0C8CDADF@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with D569B683444 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1955 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: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:16:06 -0000 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). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...