From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 27 20:11:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6D0A106566B; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:11:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rumrunner@terraplane.org) Received: from mail49.e.nsc.no (mail49.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5AC38FC08; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from terraplane.org (ti0027a380-0343.bb.online.no [80.212.64.89]) by mail49.nsc.no (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q2RJvxBJ020351 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:59 +0200 (MEST) Received: from terraplane.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by terraplane.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2RJvwEV080217; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rumrunner@terraplane.org) Received: (from rumrunner@localhost) by terraplane.org (8.14.5/8.13.8/Submit) id q2RJvw6L080216; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rumrunner) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:58 +0200 From: Eivind Evensen To: Adrian Chadd Message-ID: <20120327195758.GA78507@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> References: <4F64608B.27301.3724F1@lausts.acm.org> <20120327085831.GA75987@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" , Thomas Laus Subject: Re: Floppy disks don't work with FreeBSD 9.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:11:42 -0000 Hi. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:45:25AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > can you please try 8-stable and 9-stable, and if it's still failing, file a > PR? > > I don't know who looks after the floppy subsystem but it shouldn't > exactly be difficult to fix.. I'm a bit short on free machines, so the closest I can get right now is my everyday machine running from sources cvsupped from RELENG_8 3.rd of March: uname -a FreeBSD elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett 8.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE #42: Sat Mar 3 20:05:21 CET 2012 rumrunner@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RUM amd64 fdformat works fine here with: dmesg |grep fdc fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FILTER] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 Using the disk normally also works. Additionally, I tried to mount a DD disk (previously formatted and with files on), which also worked without hassle. I remember back on 6.X or 7.X, I found no other way to make DD disks work after having read/written HD disks than using fdformat -f720 on a disk first. Then again, that was on different hardware, so it may have other reasons. I have an old machine I could install 9.0 on in order to test there, but I'd have to install that machine from floppy and I can't seem to find images for that any more. If it's of interest, I could probably find another machine to install on, then move the harddrive to the other machine, but I'd need to some for that. Regards -- Eivind