Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:11:15 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: john drake <diewolfsschanze@yahoo.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External USB floppy drives Message-ID: <20170326231115.6cda56fd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <58D80CCD.6090609@gmail.com> References: <81B78129-37AC-49DD-A76C-996F0C8CDADF@yahoo.com> <20170325231500.edd6b184.freebsd@edvax.de> <58D80CCD.6090609@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:47:41 -0400, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 13:53:10 -0700, john drake via freebsd-questions wrote: > >> Do you know of an external 3.5 inch USB floppy drive compatible > >> with FreeBSD 10.2 > > > > I have one labeled IBM, it supports the "da" driver (SCSI direct > > access). I sadly cannot tell you the exact model, but that is how > > it appears to the system: > > > > ugen2.2: <TEAC> at usbus2 > > umass1: <TEAC TEAC FD-05PUB, class 0/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus2 > > da3 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus4 target 0 lun 0 > > da3: <TEAC FD-05PUB 3200> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device > > da3: 1.000MB/s transfers > > da3: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > > > > In this case, no floppy was inside the drive, or the size would have > > been reported properly. With a floppy inserted, mounting is very > > simple, for example if you wish to read files from a floppy: > > > > # mount -o ro -t msdosfs /dev/da3 /mnt > > > > You can also use dd to create and obtain images. The only tool you > > cannot use is fdcontrol (because it only works with the "fd" driver). > > > > > My local computer store has many like this > http://www.microcenter.com/product/468304/8x_USB_20_External_DVD_RW_Drive_Black That is an optical disc drive, not a floppy disk drive. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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