Please try to verify that your assumption is correct by trying a different
floppy disk or drive or
testing access to the floppy drive with an operating system known to work. We
should no rely on
assumptions.
I tested a few other disks and they had the same issue.
I'll try to swap the drive, but I currently don't have another one I could test.
That doesn't preclude fixing the block size issue, though: Without this, it's
not even possible to access the floppy drive at all.
Is this common for PC floppy drives?
Perhaps /dev/fd0 should register itself with the correct minor number instead.
FWIW, I have opened an issue in the sparclinux issue tracker to document this
bug [1].
Since the standard PC floppy driver in the kernel is actively maintained [2],
it's
worth sending the patch upstream for review.
Thank you!
