Although I was unable to format the floppy using fdformat I am able to dd the floppy image to the disk. dd if=floppy40.fs of=/dev/rsd0c bs=32k. I am also able to boot from the floppy and use the install program.
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:09:39 -0700 Tim Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:47 PM, James Turner wrote: > > > I recently got my hands on a IBM branded usb floppy drive. I am > > trying to format it with fdformat before I dd the floppy40.fs image > > to it. Below is the error that fdformat exits with and a full > > dmesg. The floppy information is at the bottom. I've tried both > > attaching the drive with and without a floppy in it. Thanks for > > any help. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] james]# fdformat /dev/rsd0c > > fdformat: not a floppy disk: /dev/rsd0c > > This probably won't work as the floppy is mounted as a SCSI hard > drive rather than a floppy disk, so the major for the device is being > assigned to the sd driver instead of the fd driver. You won't be > able to format it with fdformat as the sd driver doesn't work with > devices in the same manner as the fd driver. > > > umass0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 > > umass0: Y-E DATA USB Floppy Drive, rev 1.10/5.01, addr 2 > > umass0: using UFI over CBI with CCI > > scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets > > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Y-E DATA, USB-FDU, 5.01> SCSI0 0/ > > direct removable > > sd0: 1MB, 1 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 2880 sec total > > You would need to re-route the umass0 match to the fd driver instead > of the SCSI sd driver. > > Does anyone have detains on that type of remap, or is this a driver > level issue that will require new code work? > > Tim
