mount floppy - Input/output error

[Igor Pokrovsky]

On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 04:34:38PM +0400, Горсткин Илья wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Such problem!
> 
> # uname -rs
> FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p1
> 
> # mount -t msdosfs /dev/fd0 /mnt/flp 
> msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error 
> 
> # fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0 
> Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y 
> Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error 
> 
> # fdcontrol -v /dev/fd0
> /dev/fd0: 1.44M drive (3.5" high-density)
> 
> #cat /etc/fstab |grep fd 
> /dev/fd0                /mnt/flp        msdos   rw,noauto     0       0 
> 
> # ls /dev |grep fd 
> fd 
> fd0 
> 
> # cat /var/run/dmesg.boot |grep fd 
> fdc0: <floppy drive controller (FDE)> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 on
> acpi0 
> fdc0: cannot reserve DMA request line 
> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
> 
> Help to solve a problem!
> thanks

I have nearly the same problem. In my case it could be resolved by
using non-ACPI kernel.

-ip

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