On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > # bsdlabel -B -w /dev/fd0 fd1440 > # newfs /dev/fd0 > newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 2879: Input/output error ... > # newfs_msdos /dev/fd0 > /dev/fd0: 2840 sectors in 355 FAT12 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster) > bps=512 spc=8 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 sec=2880 mid=0xf0 spf=2 spt=18 hds=2 > hid=0 newfs_msdos: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > #
Do you get anything in dmesg from these? > If I take a linux formatted floppy, mount it, then "ls" on the mount point, > I can get the dir listing. Or if I "less" a file on the floppy I can read > the contents. Any attempt to use "vi" or to write to the floppy fails with > another "Input/Output error". Of course, the same drives and floppies > mount, read, and write under Minix, Slackware-10.0 and FreeBSD 4.11. Tried that floppy drive with a different OS, or tried a different drive with FreeBSD? -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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