Date: 27 Jan 2003 23:46:44 -0600 From: James McNaughton <jtm63@enteract.com> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@FreeBSD.org> Cc: jtm63@enteract.com, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/35989: 720KB floppies unusable Message-ID: <86ptqh6d2z.fsf@jamestown.21stcentury.net> In-Reply-To: <200212081750.gB8Ho6RF031944@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200212081750.gB8Ho6RF031944@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Ian Dowse <iedowse@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Synopsis: 720KB floppies unusable > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > State-Changed-By: iedowse > State-Changed-When: Sun Dec 8 09:48:31 PST 2002 > State-Changed-Why: > > Does this problem still occur in more recent releases? Does using > the /dev/fd0.720 device for newfs help? > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35989 Sorry for the propagation delay. I missed this message in a pile of email. The floppy drive in question died a permanent death, it would seem. However, using the floppy in my firewall works with mount_msdos /dev/fd0.720 ./mnt It does not work with mount_msdos /dev/fd0 ./mnt for mounting the floppy. fdformat -f 720 /dev/fd0 assumes a 1440K floppy (according to the prompt). Shouldn't it assume that "-f 720" means you know it's a 720K floppie? According to the man page .<capacity> is supposed to be appended to the special device name. fdformat -f 720K /dev/fd0.720 works as one would expect. newfs_msdos /dev/fd0 fd720 gives the following error: /dev/fd0: 1400 sectors in 175 FAT12 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster) bps=512 spc=8 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 sec=1440 mid=0xf0 spf=1 spt=9 hds=2 hid=0 newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error newfs_msdos /dev/fd0 fd720 works as advertised Conclusion: It appears that specifically identifying the block device works with this capacity floppy disk. However, the man pages often indicate this is not necessary. System: FreeBSD tater.21stcentury.net 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #1: Sat Aug 24 10:25:27 CDT 2002 jtm@jamestown.21stcentury.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TATER i386 Thanks for looking into this. Jim in Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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