From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 08:28:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B0516A4E1 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:28:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F0A43FAF for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:28:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp54-162.lns1.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.54.162])h7JFRmIf041912; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:57:48 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: "zd" Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:57:47 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <002d01c3662b$9f4916a0$b129c6ca@jlu.edu.cn> <200308192200.54500.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <000601c36655$733f7de0$b129c6ca@jlu.edu.cn> In-Reply-To: <000601c36655$733f7de0$b129c6ca@jlu.edu.cn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200308200057.47705.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to mount my floppy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:28:20 -0000 On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:56, you wrote: > hello,Malcolm > > yeah,by examining the process of the system`s booting,two concerned > messages as below were found : > fdc0:cannot reserve i/0 port rang(6 ports) > fdc0:cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3 > what does it mean?resources conflict? Probably; I am no expert here but I suppose somehow the port address rang= e=20 either cannot be accessed for some hardware reason or it has already been= =20 claimed as something else. Are we talking about a traditional standard PC floppy? Not something spec= ial=20 such as USB, SCSI or ATAPI? > i also tried to use /MAKEDEV fd0 to create the device file,but ,it This is not available if you are running FBSD 5.x. But if it is FBSD 4.x then you have lost the dot. Notice my original resp= onse says "./MAKEDEV" not "/MAKEDEV" or you could use /dev/MAKEDEV fd0 > said,command not found! > best regard. > > zd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Malcolm Kay > To: zd ; subscribe freebsd-questions > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 8:30 PM > Subject: Re: how to mount my floppy? > > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:56, zd wrote: > > hi: > > > > when i tried to use the command "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy" to > > mount the floppy, > > the system showed "block devices reqired".i went to /dev,and found th= at > > there is no > > device /fd0,but a directory /dev/fd with three files named 0,1,and 2 = in > > /dev/fd contains connects to file descriptors -- no direct connection w= ith > floppy. > > If you are running FBSD 5.x then I don't know how you fix the problem; > but for 4.x you need to execute /dev/MAKEDEV to create devices that are > somehow missing. For example: > # cd /dev > #./ MAKEDEV fd0 > > If it happens to be an ATAPI floppy then it will not be fd0 but afd0. > > > it.also,in the > > file /etc/fstab,i couldn`t see the device /dev/fd0 .is possible > > that,freebsd does not > > found my floppy? > > # dmesg > should tell you whether the floppy drive is found -- or at least the > interface > for it. Malcolm