From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 8 11:30:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04289 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line6.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04280 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:30:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA02102; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:30:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: mfiresto@mindspring.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Errors when trying to read from floppy drive In-Reply-To: <199708080438.AAA00308@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Mik Firestone wrote: > Please help. I have just recently installed FreeBSD v2.2.2 from the Walnut > Creek CDROM. I am now trying to install some other software that I have on > floppy. > > Everytime I try to access the floppy drives, I see these error messages: > /kernel: isa_dmastart: channel 2 busy > /kernel: isa_dmastart: channel 2 busy This is unusual. Make sure there isn't anything using DMA 2. > When the system boots, it correctly identifies my floppy drive. Further, I > see the drive light come on and I hear it spin. What have I missed? What kind of floppy is this? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo