From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 13:36:20 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 9321A16A4CE for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 162A643F75 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:36:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id hAILaGs04901; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:16 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200311182136.hAILaGs04901@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:36:15 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <028901c3ae18$149c46a0$0701a8c0@darryl> from "Darryl Hoar" at Nov 18, 2003 03:08:13 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: 'Technical Director' cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error 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, 18 Nov 2003 21:36:20 -0000 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Technical Director [mailto:trodat@ultratrends.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:45 PM > > To: Darryl Hoar > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error > > > > Greetings back, > > > > You could try the following: > > > > dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0a > > > > That might fix your problem. > > > > R. > > > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > I am running FreeBSD 4.7-stable. I am > > > trying to make new boot floppies so I > > > can install Freebsd on another machine. > > > When I try to: > > > dd if=./kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 > > > > > > I get a "Device not configured" Error. > > > A good, new floppy is in the drive. I have > > > tried several new floppies. Same result. > > > > > > Checked dmesg and the floppy controller > > > is recognized, etc. > > > > > > what am I not doing right ? Is the floppy formatted? Used fdformat for that or do it on a MS machine. Also, write to /dev/fd0c or /dev/rfd0c. Here is just what I do and have done many times. First format two floppies for 1.4 meg using fdformat -> 'fdformat -f 1440' is enough. It will prompt for the rest then -> 'dd if=boot-image of=/dev/rfd0c' for boot floppy (change floppy :) and -> 'dd if=mfs-image of=/dev/rfd0c' for mfs floppy The only other thing I can think of is maybe you don't have the device made correctly. Check it and use MAKEDEV to make them (what happens after you get to 5.x I don't know yet, haven't been there) do cd /dev ls -l *fd0* if you don't find an 'rfd0c' then make one ./MAKEDEV fd0 should do it You might need to delete some stuff first as in rm *fdo* But, really, these should all be there because the system normally makes these by default. If they aren't there, something pooped along the line somewhere. Good luck, ////jerry > > > > > > thanks, > > > -Darryl > > thanks. I tried your suggestion, but received the same message. > Any other ideas ? > > thanks > Darryl