On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:02:09PM +0100, MERIGHI Marcus wrote: > umass0 at uhub7 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sony USB Floppy > Drive" rev 1.10/6.01 addr 3 > umass0: using UFI over CBI with CCI > scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <SONY, USB-FDU, 6.01> ATAPI 0/direct > removable
USB floppy drives are pretty much the only option for newer systems, although ATAPI LS-120 drives are still out there. What's the problem? > After being puzzled I just tried an existing floppy, disklabel shows a > /dev/sd0i slice, mounting worked. It's DOS formatted disk, 'i' is part of the pseudo-disklabel. > But trying to make use of an unformatted floppy I failed: > > Did the usual ``fdisk -i sd0'', ``disklabel -E sd0'', created ``i'' > slice. After ``newfs_msdos /dev/rsd0i'' (which returned darn fast but > without obvious error output) the ``i'' slice vanished from disklabel. > Unsurprisingly mounting a non existing /dev/sd0i slice failed. You're attempting to put an MBR and disklabel on a floppy, don't do that if you're going to newfs_msdos. newfs_msdos -F 12 /dev/rsd0c mount -t msdos /dev/sd0i /mnt > fdformat(1) just says ``this is not a floppy''. fdformat(1) uses ioctl(4)'s specific to fdc(4), that will not work for floppy controllers behind USB. You can always just.. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rfd0c bs=64k > What options do I have? What am I getting wrong? Clue bat welcome! > > Bye, Marcus What's the problem? -Bryan.
