Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:48:26 -0400 From: "Thomas Laus" <lausts@acm.org> To: Eivind Evensen <eivinde@terraplane.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Floppy disks don't work with FreeBSD 9.0 Message-ID: <4F71FD6A.29072.EDF7E@lausts.acm.org> In-Reply-To: <20120327195758.GA78507@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> References: <4F64608B.27301.3724F1@lausts.acm.org>, <CAJ-VmokCfy5MsWfVx3PVSVst_L7i9Rkwz4Rp-svN%2BDrZfqnegA@mail.gmail.com>, <20120327195758.GA78507@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett>
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> uname -a > FreeBSD elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett 8.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE #42: Sat > Mar 3 20:05:21 CET 2012 > rumrunner@elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RUM amd64 > > fdformat works fine here with: > dmesg |grep fdc > fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on > acpi0 fdc0: [FILTER] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > > Using the disk normally also works. > I also had floppy disk success with FreeBSD 8.3 RC1. I was able to format the floppy without error and DD a small file to the recently formatted floppy disk. I re-initialized the same computer that had been running OpenBSD 5.1 and FreeBSD 8.3 RC1 and then did a fresh install of FreeBSD 9.0 Release. FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE: Mar 27 12:12:59 kernel: real memory = 536805376 (511 MB) Mar 27 12:12:59 kernel: avail memory = 515719168 (491 MB) Mar 27 12:12:59 kernel: fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 The fdformat shows the entire floppy disk that I previously used as having all blocks marked bad with a whole string of 'wrong cylinder (format mismatch) errors. > Additionally, I tried to mount a DD disk (previously formatted and with > files on), which also worked without hassle. I remember back on 6.X > or 7.X, I found no other way to make DD disks work after having read/written > HD disks than using fdformat -f720 on a disk first. Then again, that was on > different hardware, so it may have other reasons. > > I have an old machine I could install 9.0 on in order to test there, but > I'd have to install that machine from floppy and I can't seem to > find images for that any more. If it's of interest, I could probably > find another machine to install on, then move the harddrive to the other > machine, but I'd need to some for that. > It looks like we both have confirmed that the floppy disk operation works up to FreeBSD 8.3 RC1. I will need to file a PR for FreeBSD 9.0 in the bug system. Thanks for the help. Tom -- Public Keys: PGP KeyID = 0x5F22FDC1 GnuPG KeyID = 0x620836CF
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