Problem with foppy drive

Алексей Дмитриевич novad at newmail.ru
Fri Jan 23 04:08:48 PST 2004


Hello Support.
I have read this files and it didn't help me.
Also I booted with GENERIC kernel and my floppy drive didn't work.
But this day I booted  in kernel's model where ACPI don't supports at
all and my drive worked good. So it helps to solve the problem.

Thank you for help.



Thursday, January 22, 2004, 7:56:42 PM, you wrote:

f> Ok friend I found your problem.
f> You deleted part of the floppy definition out of your custom kernel
f> source. Look at the GENERIC or LINT kernel source for how the
f> floppy should be defined and copy those statements into your
f> custom kernel and recompile.

f> -----Original Message-----
f> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
f> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Алексей
f> Дмитриевич
f> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:45 AM
f> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG
f> Subject: Problem with foppy drive

f> Hello friend

f> I did everything you wrote about and it didn't help me.
f> dmesg did not change at all so floppy drive didn't work.
f> All PnP options was disable from the hole beginning and they are
f> disable
f> and now.
f> But I fount in BIOS one option :"OnBoard FDC".
f> I disabled it and found that some things have changed in dmesg.boot.
f> There disappeared lines with some fdc0 errors (i send it in this
f> e-mail)

f> Also I send you my kernel configuration maybe i should write or
f> delete some
f> lines there.



f> ---------dmesg-------------------------

f> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
f> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993,
f> 1994
f>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights
f> reserved.
f> FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 21 16:35:32 MSK 2004
f>     root@:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NovAD3c
f> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc050b000.
f> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
f> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 1817950912 Hz
f> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz (1817.95-MHz 686-class CPU)
f>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf24  Stepping = 4

f> Features=0x3febf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,
f> MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM>
f> real memory  = 536805376 (511 MB)
f> avail memory = 515895296 (491 MB)
f> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
f> acpi0: <AMIINT INTEL845> on motherboard
f> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
f> Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00f78a0
f> acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature programming model.
f> Timecounter "ACPI-fast"  frequency 3579545 Hz
f>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET]
f> (Node 0xc150ed20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS]
f> (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>     ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS]
f> (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0 - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET]
f> (Node 0xc150ed20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS]
f> (Node 0xc4046a20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>     ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS]
f> (Node 0xc4046a20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.MEM_ - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
f> acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
f> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
f> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0
f> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
f> agp0: <Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff at
f> device 0.0 on pci0
f> pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
f> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
f> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
f> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
f> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
f> pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 12 at device 3.0 on
f> pci2
f> pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9708/11 AC97 Codec>
f> pci2: <simple comms> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
f> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
f> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
f> atapci0: <Intel ICH2 UDMA100 controller> port 0xfc00-0xfc0f at
f> device 31.1 on pci0
f> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
f> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
f> uhci0: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A> port
f> 0xe800-0xe81f irq 12 at device 31.2 on pci0
f> usb0: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
f> usb0: USB revision 1.0
f> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
f> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
f> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
f> uhci1: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B> port
f> 0xec00-0xec1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0
f> usb1: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
f> usb1: USB revision 1.0
f> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
f> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
f> sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
f> sio0: type 16550A
f> sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
f> sio1: type 16550A
f> ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
f> ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
f> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
f> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
f> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
f> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
f> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
f> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
f> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
f> kbd0 at atkbd0
f> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
f> npx0: INT 16 interface
f> pmtimer0 on isa0
f> fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports)
f> pcic0 at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000-0xd1fff irq 5 on isa0
f> pcic_attach: attach found no sockets
f> device_probe_and_attach: pcic0 attach returned 6
f> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
f> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
f> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
f> isa0
f> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
f> acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently
f> 100.0%
f> ad0: 38166MB <ST340016A> [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
f> acd0: CD-RW <YAMAHA CRW3200E> at ata1-master PIO4
f> acd1: CDROM <ASUS CD-S500/A> at ata1-slave PIO4
f> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a
f> KLD fire_saver.ko: depends on splash - not available

f> ---------------------------------------

f> Here is kernel config
f> I deleted some devices.
f> I don't have them but I didn't change lines about floppy (I think
f> so).

f> --------------------------------------

f> machine         i386
f> cpu             I686_CPU
f> ident           NovAD_3c

f> #To statically compile in device wiring instead of
f> /boot/device.hints
f> #hints          "GENERIC.hints"         #Default places to look for
f> devices.

f> options         CPU_ENABLE_SSE
f> options         SCHED_4BSD              #4BSD scheduler
f> options         INET                    #InterNETworking
f> options         INET6                   #IPv6 communications
f> protocols
f> options         FFS                     #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
f> options         SOFTUPDATES             #Enable FFS soft updates
f> support
f> options         UFS_ACL                 #Support for access control
f> lists
f> options         UFS_DIRHASH             #Improve performance on big
f> directories
f> options         MD_ROOT                 #MD is a potential root
f> device
f> options         MSDOSFS                 #MSDOS Filesystem
f> options         CD9660                  #ISO 9660 Filesystem
f> options         PROCFS                  #Process filesystem
f> (requires PSEUDOFS)
f> options         PSEUDOFS                #Pseudo-filesystem framework
f> options         COMPAT_43               #Compatible with BSD 4.3
f> [KEEP THIS!]
f> options         COMPAT_FREEBSD4         #Compatible with FreeBSD4
f> options         SCSI_DELAY=15000        #Delay (in ms) before
f> probing SCSI
f> options         KTRACE                  #ktrace(1) support
f> options         SYSVSHM                 #SYSV-style shared memory
f> options         SYSVMSG                 #SYSV-style message queues
f> options         SYSVSEM                 #SYSV-style semaphores
f> options         _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B
f> real-time extensions
f> options         KBD_INSTALL_CDEV        # install a CDEV entry in
f> /dev
f> options         AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT    # Print register bitfields
f> in debug
f>                                         # output.  Adds ~128k to
f> driver.
f> options         AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT    # Print register bitfields
f> in debug
f>                                         # output.  Adds ~215k to
f> driver.

f> # Debugging for use in -current
f> #!!!options     INVARIANT_SUPPORT       #Extra sanity checks of
f> internal structures, required by INVARIANTS

f> # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed

f> device          isa
f> device          eisa
f> device          pci
f> device          pcm
f> device          acpi

f> # Floppy drives
f> device          fdc

f> # ATA and ATAPI devices
f> device          ata
f> device          atadisk                 # ATA disk drives
f> device          atapicd                 # ATAPI CDROM drives
f> device          atapifd                 # ATAPI floppy drives
f> device          atapist                 # ATAPI tape drives
f> options         ATA_STATIC_ID           #Static device numbering


f> # SCSI peripherals
f> device          scbus           # SCSI bus (required)
f> device          da              # Direct Access (disks)

f> # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
f> device          atkbdc          # AT keyboard controller
f> device          atkbd           # AT keyboard
f> device          psm             # PS/2 mouse
f> device          vga             # VGA video card driver

f> # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
f> device          sc

f> device          agp             # support several AGP chipsets

f> # Floating point support - do not disable.
f> device          npx

f> # Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
f> device          pmtimer

f> # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
f> # Pcmcia and cardbus bridge support
f> device          cbb                     # cardbus (yenta) bridge
f> device          pcic                    # ExCA ISA and PCI bridges
f> device          pccard                  # PC Card (16-bit) bus
f> device          cardbus                 # CardBus (32-bit) bus

f> # Serial (COM) ports
f> device          sio             # 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

f> # Parallel port
f> device          ppc
f> device          ppbus           # Parallel port bus (required)
f> device          lpt             # Printer
f> device          plip            # TCP/IP over parallel
f> device          ppi             # Parallel port interface device

f> # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use
f> these NICs!
f> device          miibus          # MII bus support

f> # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.
f> device          random          # Entropy device
f> device          loop            # Network loopback
f> device          ether           # Ethernet support
f> device          sl              # Kernel SLIP
f> device          ppp             # Kernel PPP
f> device          tun             # Packet tunnel.
f> device          pty             # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
f> device          md              # Memory "disks"
f> device          gif             # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
f> device          faith           # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying
f> (translation)

f> # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
f> # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
f> device          bpf             # Berkeley packet filter

f> # USB support
f> device          uhci            # UHCI PCI->USB interface
f> device          ohci            # OHCI PCI->USB interface
f> device          usb             # USB Bus (required)
f> device          ugen            # Generic
f> device          umass           # Disks/Mass storage - Requires
f> scbus and da

f> # FireWire support
f> device          firewire        # FireWire bus code
f> device          sbp             # SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus
f> and da)
f> #device         fwe             # Ethernet over FireWire
f> (non-standard!)
f> --------------------------------------


f> Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 6:01:53 PM, you wrote:
f>> Friend
f>> I think I see your problem in the boot log.
f>> FBSD is having problems reading your PC's bios.
f>> Enter your PC bio's menu and disable all options dealing with
f> power
f>> management.
f>> While you are there also disable any plug-n-play option and if
f> there
f>> is an operating system option change that to 'other' or at least
f> not
f>> ms/windows.

f>>
f> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
f>> npath=FreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html

f>> acpi -- Advanced Configuration and Power Management support



f>> -----Original Message-----
f>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
f>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Алексей
f>> Дмитриевич
f>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:16 AM
f>> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG
f>> Subject: Problem with foppy drive

f>> Hello Друг( it means friend on russian)

f>> Now I'll try to answer your questions.
f>> I tested my floppy drive in the same way
f>> 1. Boot one Operating System
f>> 2. Write some data on the floppy disc (usually it is mp3-files or
f>>    jpg-files)
f>> 3. Reboot my PC and boot another OS
f>> 4. Check data - everything good
f>> 5. Format disc and test again in the same way

f>> Also I read and wrote data on my discs on another PC during this
f>> term
f>> and didn't have problems

f>> Next question about hardware

f>>  1. Soltek mainboard
f>>    SL-85DIR
f>>    Socket 478 Mainboard
f>>    Intel 845d series
f>>  2. nVidia G-force 4 MX 440 64MB DDR (AGP)
f>>  3. 512MB DDR RAM memory
f>>  4. Creative Sound Blaster Live!5.1
f>>  5. Winmodem ZyXEL Omni 56K PCI (i thinc FreeBSD know nothing
f> about
f>> it)
f>>  6. Asus CD-ROM drive 50x IDE
f>>  7. Yamaha 3200 CD-RW drive
f>>  8. Intel Pentium 4 Processor Socket 478
f>>  9. HDD 40 Gb SEAGATE UDMA 7200 BARRACUDA
f>> 10. and this floppy drive
f>> I think that's all
f>> My PC is 1.5 years old.
f>> I bought in 24-July-2002
f>> About scsi:
f>> There is no scsi in my computer so floppy drive is not scsi

f>> when I try :
f>>   mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
f>> my system displays :
f>> msdosfs : /dev/fd0: No sush file or directory
f>> I can say that there was no time whan this file existed
f>> so i cannot mount floppy

f>> Here is /var/run/dmesg.boot

f>> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
f>> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992,
f> 1993,
f>> 1994
f>>         The Regents of the University of California. All rights
f>> reserved.
f>> FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 16 18:39:42 MSK 2004
f>>     root@:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NovAD3a
f>> Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc054a000.
f>> Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc054a26c.
f>> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
f>> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 1817949908 Hz
f>> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz (1817.95-MHz 686-class
f> CPU)
f>>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf24  Stepping = 4

f>>
f> Features=0x3febf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,
f>> MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM>
f>> real memory  = 536805376 (511 MB)
f>> avail memory = 515624960 (491 MB)
f>> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
f>> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
f>> npx0: INT 16 interface
f>> acpi0: <AMIINT INTEL845> on motherboard
f>> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
f>> Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00f78a0
f>> acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature programming
f> model.
f>> Timecounter "ACPI-fast"  frequency 3579545 Hz
f>>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET]
f>> (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS]
f>> (Node 0xc150eba0), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>>     ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS]
f>> (Node 0xc150eba0), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0 - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET]
f>> (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>>     ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS]
f>> (Node 0xc4047960), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>>     ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed
f> [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS]
f>> (Node 0xc4047960), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.MEM_ - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT
f>> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on
f> acpi0
f>> acpi_cpu0: <CPU> port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0
f>> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
f>> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> on acpi0
f>> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
f>> agp0: <Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff
f> at
f>> device 0.0 on pci0
f>> pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
f>> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
f>> pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
f>> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
f>> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
f>> pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 12 at device 3.0
f> on
f>> pci2
f>> pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9708/11 AC97 Codec>
f>> pci2: <simple comms> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
f>> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
f>> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
f>> atapci0: <Intel ICH2 UDMA100 controller> port 0xfc00-0xfc0f at
f>> device 31.1 on pci0
f>> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
f>> ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
f>> uhci0: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A> port
f>> 0xe800-0xe81f irq 12 at device 31.2 on pci0
f>> usb0: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
f>> usb0: USB revision 1.0
f>> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
f>> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
f>> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
f>> uhci1: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B> port
f>> 0xec00-0xec1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0
f>> usb1: <Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
f>> usb1: USB revision 1.0
f>> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
f>> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
f>> fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
f>> sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
f>> sio0: type 16550A
f>> sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
f>> sio1: type 16550A
f>> ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
f>> ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
f>> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
f>> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
f>> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
f>> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
f>> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
f>> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on
f> acpi0
f>> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
f>> kbd0 at atkbd0
f>> fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
f>> pmtimer0 on isa0
f>> fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports)
f>> pcic0 at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000-0xd1fff irq 5 on isa0
f>> pcic_attach: attach found no sockets
f>> device_probe_and_attach: pcic0 attach returned 6
f>> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
f>> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
f>> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
f> on
f>> isa0
f>> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
f>> acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently
f>> 100.0%
f>> ad0: 38166MB <ST340016A> [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
f>> acd0: CD-RW <YAMAHA CRW3200E> at ata1-master PIO4
f>> acd1: CDROM <ASUS CD-S500/A> at ata1-slave PIO4
f>> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a

f>> That's all.
f>> P.S.
f>> Thank you that you try to help me.

f>> Sunday, January 18, 2004, 7:28:54 PM, you wrote:

f>>> Hello friend
f>>> Post the /var/run/dmesg.boot file in your next email, so I can
f>> look
f>>> for problems.
f>>> Explain how you tested floppy drive using different operating
f>>> systems.
f>>> What hardware is in the PC?
f>>> How old is the PC?
f>>> Is it pre-Y2K?

f>>> Is this an scsi floppy drive?


f>>> Tell me what happens when you try this

f>>> Login in as root user
f>>> Put msdos formatted floppy disk in drive
f>>> Issue this command
f>>>      mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
f>>>      cd /mnt
f>>>      ls
f>>>      cd /root
f>>>      umount /mnt





f>>> -----Original Message-----
f>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
f>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Алексей
f>>> Дмитриевич
f>>> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:10 AM
f>>> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG
f>>> Subject: Problem with foppy drive

f>>> Hello ,   Support
f>>> I used my floppy just now in Ms Windows XP and it works.
f>>> Also i used it in ASPlinux 7.2 and Linux Mandrake 9.1 (russian)
f>>> and it worked very good.
f>>> So what should i do. if it is possible please write as detailly
f>> as
f>>> possible because i know FreeBSD badly (i use it for about 3
f>> weeks)




f>>> This boot error message general means that your floppy drive is
f>>> broken.
f>>> When was the last time you used it?
f>>> Try to verify that it's in working order by booting an MS/Window
f>>> system on that PC,
f>>> or swap that floppy drive with one from some other PC that you
f>> can
f>>> test works first.

f>>> -----Original Message-----
f>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
f>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Алексей
f>>> Дмитриевич
f>>> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:28 AM
f>>> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG
f>>> Subject: FreeBSD support

f>>> Hello Support,
f>>> I have a problem my floppy drive does not want to work.
f>>> when my FreeBSD 5.1 boots I have a message
f>>> fdc0: cmd 3 faild at out byte 1 of 3
f>>> and
f>>> cannot reserve I/O port range (6 port)

f>>> After logining I cannot use my floppy drive- there is no device
f>>> file.
f>>> What should I do?



f>>> --
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f>>>  Alexey                          mailto:novad at newmail.ru

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