Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21

[Tom Whitcomb]

I looked into mformat from the rescue disk and it seems odd.  In addition to
being an alias for a bunch of commands the only thing is does for the actual
mformat request is to "echo lazybox no op".  Is this right?

Tom

-Original Message-
From: Eduard Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eduard Bloch
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:19 PM
To: Tom Whitcomb; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies
version 3.0.21


tags 140305 + moreinfo
thanks

#include 
Tom Whitcomb wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 09:20:57AM:

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
> /dev/fd0 hd'

This is normal. Please boot with "linux.bin debug" to see additional
debug messages.

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed.  No
> such device

Please go to the second console and do:

 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos

And tell which did work. Further, try after base system installation:

 chroot /target
 superformat /dev/fd0
 mformat a:

> Creation of the boot floppy failed.  Please make sure that the floppy was
> not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.  Try another
> floppy if the problem persists.
>
> This seems very similar to bug 99934!

Who knows, you provided to few details...

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21

[Tom Whitcomb]

Eduard and Chris

Thanks for the help, more details.

>From "cat /proc/version"
  Linux version 2.2.20(herbet@gondolin) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 Mon Dec 31
07:05:08

Machine specs
  Gateway Pentium II  400MHz
  256 MB ram
  IDE 0 ST310212A - (PM)
  IDE 1 QUANTUM Fireball EL10.2A
  BIOS version 4M4PB0X1.15A.0013.P97


I have not booted from linux.bin. Still working on it.

After mounting my swap and ext2 partition, I attempt to create the boot
floppy.  After getting the dbootstrap error message, I went to the console
(ctrl/alt/F2) and looked at dmesg.  Starting at the "Adding Swap: 136512k
swap-space (priority -1)" line there are 4 after it.  All four are : "VFS:
Disk change detected on device fd(2,0)"

In the previous mail, I told you what was in /var/log/messages

I then tried the following mount requests
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto  ** worked
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat  ** did NOT work
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos ** worked

Then did:
>chroot /target
>superformat /dev/fd0
  "A CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be
removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller" message is
displayed prior to the formating/verifying cylinder X, head Y output.
  "mformat -s18 -t80 -h2 -S2 -M512 a:" is displayed followed by "sh:
mformat: command not found".

Since there is no mformat under /target, I then exited out of the chroot and
tried
>cd
>/target/usr/bin/superformat /dev/fd0

I got the same CAUTION message and the same mformat command was displayed
but rather than the "command not found" the message "mformat: lazybox no
op".  OK, I tried to do mformat on my own.

>mformat a:
"mformat: lazybox no op" was displayed

Hmmm. mformat is found in /usr/bin.  I've never used mformat before but
after reading the man page, it definitely seems hosed!

What else can I tell you?

Tom
-Original Message-
From: Eduard Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eduard Bloch
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:19 PM
To: Tom Whitcomb; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies
version 3.0.21


tags 140305 + moreinfo
thanks

#include 
Tom Whitcomb wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 09:20:57AM:

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
> /dev/fd0 hd'

This is normal. Please boot with "linux.bin debug" to see additional
debug messages.

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed.  No
> such device

Please go to the second console and do:

 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos

And tell which did work. Further, try after base system installation:

 chroot /target
 superformat /dev/fd0
 mformat a:

> Creation of the boot floppy failed.  Please make sure that the floppy was
> not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.  Try another
> floppy if the problem persists.
>
> This seems very similar to bug 99934!

Who knows, you provided to few details...

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
--
"Millionen von Fliegen, die um den Dreck schwirren,
 können sich nicht irren"
 (Auswertung der Win-95 Verkaufszahlen, in Chip 8/96)



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Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21

[Chris Tillman]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 09:20:57AM -0500, Tom Whitcomb wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Verion: 3.0.21
> 
> Attempt to create a boot floppy from dbootstrap fails.  I see the
> superformat execute and I do a "cat /var/log/messages" from another terminal
> and I see the following:
> ---
> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
> /dev/fd0 hd'
> 
> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed.  No
> such device
> 
> 
> dbootstrap returns the message:
> 
> Creation of the boot floppy failed.  Please make sure that the floppy was
> not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.  Try another
> floppy if the problem persists.
> 
> This seems very similar to bug 99934!

What hardware, what kernel, please supply enough 
info to begin troubleshooting. reportbug is your friend.

You might check dmesg also, to see if the floppy shows up when booting.

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Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21

[Eduard Bloch]

tags 140305 + moreinfo
thanks

#include 
Tom Whitcomb wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 09:20:57AM:

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
> /dev/fd0 hd'

This is normal. Please boot with "linux.bin debug" to see additional
debug messages.

> user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed.  No
> such device

Please go to the second console and do:

 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos

And tell which did work. Further, try after base system installation:

 chroot /target
 superformat /dev/fd0
 mformat a:
 
> Creation of the boot floppy failed.  Please make sure that the floppy was
> not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.  Try another
> floppy if the problem persists.
> 
> This seems very similar to bug 99934!

Who knows, you provided to few details...

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- 
"Millionen von Fliegen, die um den Dreck schwirren,
 können sich nicht irren"
 (Auswertung der Win-95 Verkaufszahlen, in Chip 8/96)



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Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21

[Tom Whitcomb]

Package: boot-floppies
Verion: 3.0.21

Attempt to create a boot floppy from dbootstrap fails.  I see the
superformat execute and I do a "cat /var/log/messages" from another terminal
and I see the following:
---
user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat
/dev/fd0 hd'

user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed.  No
such device


dbootstrap returns the message:

Creation of the boot floppy failed.  Please make sure that the floppy was
not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive.  Try another
floppy if the problem persists.

This seems very similar to bug 99934!

Thanks for any help,

Tom



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