From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 3 06:09:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA25408 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 3 May 1996 06:09:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp (root@tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp [133.246.32.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA25397 for ; Fri, 3 May 1996 06:09:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp (masafumi@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp (8.7.5/3.4W4-SMTP) with ESMTP id WAA03938; Fri, 3 May 1996 22:09:16 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199605031309.WAA03938@mail.tky007.tth.expo96.ad.jp> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: max@sfc.wide.ad.jp Subject: problem with floppy drive (please help) From: Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= Reply-To: max@sfc.wide.ad.jp X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.28.1, Mule 2.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 22:09:15 +0900 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Today, I made an attempt to use my floppy disk drive for the first time in two months or so. (It was working OK last time I used it.) When I tried to fdformat, it says: # fdformat /dev/rfd0 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/rfd0'? (y/n): y Processing ---------------------------------------- fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error And, on console: isa_dmastart: channel 2 busy fd0c: hard error writing fsbn 0 (No status) Could anyone suggest what may be causing this and what I should check? Thanks in advance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Masafumi NAKANE, Keio Univ., Dept. of Environmental Information E-Mail : t94303mn@sfc.keio.ac.jp / max@sfc.wide.ad.jp [URL] : http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~t94303mn