Messages in this thread | | | From | Matei Conovici ~cls XII~ <> | Subject | Floppy driver problems?? | Date | Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:05:07 +0300 (EET DST) |
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Did the floppy driver code change with 1.3.8X? I get some strange behaviour with my floppy (I am running 1.3.84), like this:
- when the disk is write-protected, I do:
gek:~# fdformat /dev/fd1H1440 Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB. Formatting ... ioctl(FDFMTBEG): Read-only file system
ok, so it's write protected.. (yes, fd1 is 3.5') but then, after unprotecting:
gek:~# fdformat /dev/fd1 ioctl(FDGETPRM): No such device
doing this repeatedly gets the same result (the disk I was using was already formatted (1 min before) so I don't think it's a problem of detecting floppy type). fdformat /dev/fd1H1440 will, however works as expected. After a succesfull fdformat /dev/fd1H1440, fdformat /dev/fd1 will work.
- hitting ^C while fdformat will get me a page of numbers :) with the floppy driver state and on the final lines I get a floppy timeout and unexpected interrupt. (I can send a full report if interested)
- I cannot strace fdformat ... I also get the forementioned page with numbers :) and fdformat also says: ioctl(FDFMTTRK): Interrupted system call
Did anyone notice these or I'm inventing things ?
Matei
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