Subject: Re: System freeze when accessing floppy disk
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/22/2002 23:41:40
On 22 Jun 2002 17:08:59 -0400
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

> 
> Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org> writes:
> > mount -t ext2fs /dev/fd0c /mnt
> > 
> > (fd0a didn't work because unconfigured bios). This went ok, though
> 
> What do you mean by "unconfigured bios"???

In the BIOS, you can select the floppy disk type (1.2MB, 1.4MB, and so
on). I had that setting to "Disabled" as if I had no floppy drive.

The kernel showed, more or less the following:

fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: unknown density

and now shows (with bios option set properly):

fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec

BTW, I forgot to say that this is 1.6B.

Thanks

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Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>