From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 14 16:50:29 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 B2CB737B401 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.au.itouchnet.net (nat2.au.itouchnet.net [144.135.23.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5558A43FB1 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:50:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew.thomson@itouch.com.au) Received: from nobody by mx1.au.itouchnet.net with scanned_ok (Exim 3.36 #1) id 195DwE-0008nc-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:04:38 +1000 X-TLS: TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168 athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net -> mx1.au.itouchnet.net Received: from athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net ([192.168.13.55]) by mx1.au.itouchnet.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.36 #1) id 195DwD-0008nO-00; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:04:37 +1000 Received: from ajt by athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net with local (Exim 4.12) id 195Dhp-0002pO-00; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:49:45 +1000 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:49:45 +1000 From: Andrew Thomson To: Eduardo Viruena Silva Message-ID: <20030414234945.GB10347@athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net> References: <20030414181919.K65498@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030414181919.K65498@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: X-Checked: Scanned for any viruses and unauthorized attachments at mx1.au.itouchnet.net X-iScan-ID: 33824-1050365077-22621@mx1.au.itouchnet.net version $Name: REL_2_0_2 $ cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel desktop board and floppy drive 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: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:50:30 -0000 good to hear i'm not alone! ;) yes, i still have this problem. I had the standard comments: change the floppy, change the drive, check the cable etc.. However like you, they are not the cause of the problem. For the record, I'm actually running gentoo on this box now and the floppy is working fine. ajt. On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:32:48PM -0500, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:37:08 +1000 Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > > anyone experience problems mounting floppies using an intel desktop > > board?? > > > > yes, I do. > What I want to know is: have anyone successfully mounted msdos floppies > using an intel desktop board? > ============================ > > > I've been able to replicate the problem under 4.4 and 5.0 > > > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/ > > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > > > > this is exactly the error I have. > > > fdc0: port > > 0x3f7,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f2-0x3f3,0x3f0-0x3f1 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > > fd0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 128 of 128-143 (ST0 44 > > ST1 4 ST2 0 cyl 3 hd 1 sec 3) > > fd0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 128 of 128-143 (ST0 44 > > ST1 4 ST2 0 cyl 3 hd 1 sec 3) > > > > I don't get these errors. > I simply dont get any message but: > > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error. > > I even change my floppy drive and its cable. > > fdc0: port > 0x3f7,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f2-0x3f3,0x3f0-0x3f1 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > > They work fine under ms-dopes/windopes. > > Have you solved the problem? > I think it is worth a bug report. > > > ajt. > > > > Eduardo. > >