Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:00:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:00:46 -0500 Received: from ns1.baby-dragons.com ([199.33.245.254]:36245 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:00:38 -0500 Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 10:59:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: "J.A. Magallon" cc: Lista Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: floppy in 2.4.17 In-Reply-To: <20020223160544.A1905@werewolf.able.es> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello J.A. , Nice name . I have verified that the floppy drive under 2.4.18-pre3 is in the same shape . Hth , JimL # fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 , Hmmm , Move little tab . /dev/fd0u1440: Read-only file system # fdformat /dev/fd0u1440 , Hmmm ...... /dev/fd0u1440: Read-only file system # tar -ztvf /dev/fd0 , Hmmm , J.A.'s right . (hang ..wait several minutes..)^C tar (grandchild): Read error on /dev/fd0: Input/output error tar (grandchild): At beginning of tape, quitting now tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, J.A. Magallon wrote: > Hi. > > I am getting problems with floppy drive in 2.4.17. > All started with floppy not working in 18-rc4, went back to 17 > and still does not work. Just plain 2.4.17, no patching. > > mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0 just hangs forever. > > mkfs -v -t ext2 /dev/fd0 gives: > > mke2fs 1.26 (3-Feb-2002) > mkfs.ext2: bad blocks count - /dev/fd0 > > Hardware: > > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv > > ??? > > TIA > > -- > J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... > mailto:jamagallon@able.es > Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 > Linux werewolf 2.4.17 #2 SMP Sat Feb 23 15:08:17 CET 2002 i686 +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | P.O. Box 854 | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Coudersport PA 16915 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/