I captured everything I could think of. homebrewed 2.2.13 from ftp.kernel.org source tarball, everything running potato.
Known problem? Oh yeah, it's the IPX. -- Ferret no baka
superformat /dev/fd0 Measuring drive 0's raw capacity floppy0: Getstatus times out (10) on fdc 0 floppy driver state ------------------- now=15777840 last interrupt=15777840 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44 timeout_message=floppy start last output bytes: 8 80 15777834 8 80 15777834 12 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 13 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 1a 90 15777837 0 90 15777837 3 80 15777837 c1 90 15777837 11 90 15777837 7 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 8 81 15777837 4d 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 2 90 15777837 1 90 15777837 ff 90 15777837 3 90 15777837 last result at 15777837 last redo_fd_request at 15777834 20 0 status=d0 fdc_busy=1 fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c timer_table=f00c9134 expires=295 now=15777840 cont=f0136ecc CURRENT=00000000 command_status=-1 floppy0: get result error. Fdc=0 Last status=ffffffff Read bytes=0 floppy driver state ------------------- now=15777840 last interrupt=15777840 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44 timeout_message=floppy start last output bytes: 8 80 15777834 8 80 15777834 12 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 13 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 1a 90 15777837 0 90 15777837 3 80 15777837 c1 90 15777837 11 90 15777837 7 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 8 81 15777837 4d 80 15777837 0 90 15777837 2 90 15777837 1 90 15777837 ff 90 15777837 3 90 15777837 last result at 15777837 last redo_fd_request at 15777834 20 0 status=d0 fdc_busy=1 fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c timer_table=f00c9134 expires=295 now=15777840 cont=f0136ecc CURRENT=00000000 command_status=-1 floppy0: unexpected interrupt repl[0]=0 repl[1]=0 repl[2]=0 repl[3]=ff repl[4]=4 repl[5]=1 repl[6]=2 format: Input/output error nasal:~# uname -a Linux nasal 2.2.13 #1 Wed Nov 17 14:10:27 PST 1999 sparc unknown nasal:~# cat /proc/devices Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua 7 vcs 10 misc 29 fb 128 ptm 136 pts Block devices: 2 fd 8 sd nasal:~# cat /proc/ioports fe000000-fe000fff : auxiliaryIO fe001000-fe001fff : sun4c_interrupts fe002000-fe002fff : clock fe003000-fe003fff : timer fe004000-fe004fff : dma fe005000-fe005fff : floppy fe006000-fe006fff : ESP Registers fe007000-fe007fff : LANCE fff00000-fff0000f : ESP DVMA Cmd Block fff01000-fff0d21b : LANCE DMA nasal:~# cat /proc/interrupts 3: 401937 Sparc ESP SCSI 5: 1539770 LANCE 10: 15781426 + timer 11: 21 + floppy 12: 678008 + Zilog8530 nasal:~# c ls -l /dev/fd0* brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 24 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u1760 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 8 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u2880 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u3840 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u410 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u420 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 4 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u720 brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 20 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u880 nasal:~# superformat /dev/fd0u720 Measuring drive 0's raw capacity floppy0: Getstatus times out (10) on fdc 0 floppy driver state ------------------- now=15784467 last interrupt=15784467 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44 timeout_message=floppy start last output bytes: 8 80 15784461 8 80 15784461 12 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 13 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 1a 90 15784466 0 90 15784466 3 80 15784466 e1 90 15784466 9 90 15784466 7 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 8 81 15784466 4d 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 2 90 15784466 1 90 15784466 ff 90 15784466 3 90 15784466 last result at 15784466 last redo_fd_request at 15784462 20 0 status=d0 fdc_busy=1 fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c timer_table=f00c9134 expires=295 now=15784467 cont=f0136ecc CURRENT=00000000 command_status=-1 floppy0: get result error. Fdc=0 Last status=ffffffff Read bytes=0 floppy driver state ------------------- now=15784467 last interrupt=15784467 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44 timeout_message=floppy start last output bytes: 8 80 15784461 8 80 15784461 12 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 13 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 1a 90 15784466 0 90 15784466 3 80 15784466 e1 90 15784466 9 90 15784466 7 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 8 81 15784466 4d 80 15784466 0 90 15784466 2 90 15784466 1 90 15784466 ff 90 15784466 3 90 15784466 last result at 15784466 last redo_fd_request at 15784462 20 0 status=d0 fdc_busy=1 fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c timer_table=f00c9134 expires=295 now=15784467 cont=f0136ecc CURRENT=00000000 command_status=-1 floppy0: unexpected interrupt repl[0]=0 repl[1]=0 repl[2]=0 repl[3]=ff repl[4]=4 repl[5]=1 repl[6]=2 format: Input/output error nasal:~#

