Re: floppy not mounting
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 03:55:21PM -0700, Wayne Lubin wrote: As I discussed in an earlier email that the fd0 device is not showing up on dmesg. Can it be that I burnt out the floppy drive and now at boot up the floppy is not being detected? It's possible that your floppy has indeed bitten the dust. Certainly you won't be able to use it from FreeBSD until the kernel probes for it at boot time. You should see both fdc0 and fd0, like this: happy-idiot-talk:~:% grep fdc /var/run/dmesg.boot fdc0: NEC 72065B or clone at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 However, to confirm that it has actually blown up, beg, borrow or steal a bootable floppy from somewhere and see if the box can be persuaded to boot from it. One of the FreeBSD installer disk images would be a good choice, or a memtest86 disk from http://www.memtest86.com/. If the drive is still working, it suggests that somehow it's got into an inconsistent state and can't respond to the kernel's probe attempts. That shouldn't happen --- the kernel should be able to interface with the hardware and put it into a consistent state however it was left. You might find that simply booting from a floppy image resets the drive and that the next time you reboot into FreeBSD it starts working again. Otherwise you should try completely powering down your system --- not just hitting the power switch on the front, but unplug it from the wall and leave it for at least 10 minutes so that any internal capacitance can discharge. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
floppy not mounting
Hi, an idea for this problem:? [root@x]/root(101): mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy not mounting
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:20:30 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, an idea for this problem:? [root@x]/root(101): mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks Try this as rootmount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt --- E-Mail: Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6.2 GAIM: bsdsys Yahoo Messenger: bsdsys I have put alot of time in setting up my mail filters so please do not just Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply to the mailing lists. This is very annoying for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
floppy not mounting
On 16-Oct-2002 Bryan Cassidy wrote: On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:20:30 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, an idea for this problem:? [root@x]/root(101): mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks Try this as root mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Hi, it said some error: [root@x]/(105): mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy not mounting
--- Wayne Lubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:20:30 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, an idea for this problem:? [root@x]/root(101): mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks Try this as rootmount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt I am having the exact problem as this guy, and I tried your suggestion mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt as root and I still get /dev/fd0: Device not configured As I discussed in an earlier email that the fd0 device is not showing up on dmesg. Can it be that I burnt out the floppy drive and now at boot up the floppy is not being detected? Wayne __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos More http://faith.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
floppy not mounting
On 16-Oct-2002 Wayne Lubin wrote: I am having the exact problem as this guy, and I tried your suggestion mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt as root and I still get /dev/fd0: Device not configured As I discussed in an earlier email that the fd0 device is not showing up on dmesg. Can it be that I burnt out the floppy drive and now at boot up the floppy is not being detected? Wayne Hi Wayne, yes my dmesg not showing the fd* device. [root@x]/(108): dmesg | grep fd Using $PIR table, 7 entries at 0xc00fdf00 fdc0: NEC 72065B or clone at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold [root@x]/(109): To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy not mounting
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Wayne Lubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having the exact problem as this guy, and I tried your suggestion mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt as root and I still get /dev/fd0: Device not configured Try fdisk /dev/fd0 or fdisk fd0 cant remember which one then try mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt --- E-Mail: Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating System: FreeBSD 4.6.2 GAIM: bsdsys Yahoo Messenger: bsdsys I have put alot of time in setting up my mail filters so please do not just Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply to the mailing lists. This is very annoying for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy not mounting
At 10:51 PM 10.16.2002 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16-Oct-2002 Bryan Cassidy wrote: On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:20:30 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, an idea for this problem:? [root@x]/root(101): mount /dev/fd0 /drives/fd mount: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks Try this as root mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Hi, it said some error: [root@x]/(105): mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt mount_msdos: /dev/fd0: Device not configured thanks. Here's how mine works: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Of course, I have a directory floppy in /mnt Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: floppy not mounting
At 06:10 PM 10.16.2002 -0500, Bryan Cassidy wrote: On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Wayne Lubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having the exact problem as this guy, and I tried your suggestion mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt as root and I still get /dev/fd0: Device not configured Try fdisk /dev/fd0 or fdisk fd0 cant remember which one then try mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Well, if the fd0 isn't loading up at boot, ya can't mount it something wrong with the floppy. Check the usual cables and stuff Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
