Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 10:30:09 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <20061005102923.N84384@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20061004173637.GA66349@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <451F6E8E.8020301@freebsd.org> <4523916C.1080905@crc.u-strasbg.fr> <20061004163622.GA35298@xor.obsecurity.org> <20061004173637.GA66349@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:36:22PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> When this kind of thing happens you just need to periodically make a bit of >> noise to make sure it doesn't get forgotten. In particular you should >> mention the problem to re@ so they can investigate and track it. > > Do I need to bother re@ with non-working fdc(4) in 6.2-PRERELEASE? > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/103841 > > In short: dual boot computer, floppy drive works in Windows, does not work > at all in 6.2-PRE. Could you try booting a 6.1 or 6.0 CD and see if this is a regression from previous FreeBSD versions? Often, floppy disk problems are a symptom of an ACPI/BIOS problem, FYI, so you might want to check if there's a BIOS update from your system/motherboard vendor. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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