Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:20:40 -0500 From: Jason Stephenson <jjas@engr.uky.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with Floppies in 4-STABLE? Message-ID: <3C4D6728.1000303@engr.uky.edu>
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I cvsup'd my machine at home on Sunday and rebuilt the system and kernel following the instructions in the handbook. Last night, when I tried to use the floppy drive, it didn't work. The first couple times that I tried it, I would get an "input/output error." Since the activity light on the drive never blinked, I took the case off my machine and checked that the cables were properly connected. They were. Next, I tried remaking the fd0 devices with sh MAKEDEV. This time, when I tried to access the drive, I got "device not configured." I also did a "sh MAKEDEV all." Here's how I have it configured in my kernel config: # Floppy drives device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 and the kernel apparently sees it: fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold I've tried two floppies, one a msdos formatted disk and the other a tar archive that I made on the machine in question on 12/30 with 4.4 Release. I get the same error from "tar tf /dev/rfd0" as I do from "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy". This is the first time I've tried using the floppy drive since moving to 4.5-RC on this machine. I have another machine at the office, the one I'm using now, that is also running 4.5-RC, but it was last cvsup'd on Jan. 15th. The floppies work on it, and it is configured more or less the same. Although, in looking at the output from dmesg, I do notice a difference: fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 The machine that doesn't see the floppy drive doesn't print the fd0: line. I'm wondering: has anything changed in the floppy code since Jan. 15th or is my floppy drive dead? -- Jason Stephenson - UNIX Administrator Univ. of KY College of Engineering 280 Anderson Hall - 7-5497 jjas@engr.uky.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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