Hi, all! I run DesktopBSD 1.0 and I cannot mount floppies. I had the same problem with FreeBSD 5.5. Here it goes:
localhost# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Input/output error localhost# fdformat /dev/fd0 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error This is what dmesg says: Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE #1: Sun Feb 5 17:26:01 CET 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DESKTOPBSD Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel Pentium III (734.63-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x686 Stepping = 6 Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> real memory = 267264000 (254 MB) avail memory = 251109376 (239 MB) npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: <IBM CDTPWSPU> on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0xf808-0xf80b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> port 0x530-0x537 on acpi0 acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 agp0: <Intel 82810E (i810E GMCH) SVGA controller> mem 0xfea80000-0xfeafffff,0xf8000000-0xfbffffff irq 11 at device 1.0 on pci0 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x7800-0x78ff mem 0xfebfff00-0xfebfffff irq 9 at device 1.0 on pci1 miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0 rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto rl0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:2e:85:56:e1 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel ICH UDMA66 controller> port 0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 uhci0: <Intel 82801AA (ICH) USB controller> port 0xff00-0xff1f irq 10 at device 31.2 on pci0 usb0: <Intel 82801AA (ICH) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) pcm0: <Intel ICH (82801AA)> port 0xf400-0xf43f,0xf000-0xf0ff irq 9 at device 31.5 on pci0 pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1881A AC97 Codec> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x778-0x77f,0x378-0x37f irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 pmtimer0 on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 734633835 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ad0: 19470MB <Maxtor 32049H2/YAH814Y0> [39560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 acd0: DVDROM <LG DVD-ROM DRD-8120B/1.03> at ata1-master PIO4 cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <LG DVD-ROM DRD8120B 1.03> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 16.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a (End of dmesg.) I can mount floppies with other OSes, Kubuntu LiveCD for instance. I googled and found other people having similar problems. One solution that was put forward was using a non-ACPI kernel. With FreeBSD 5.5 I recompiled the kernel with ACPI disabled, but the problem still persisted. I don't know what to do now. (As a matter of fact, I might be having the same problem with cdrom!) Could someone help me? Much oblige! Tuomas _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"