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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:10:53 -0500 From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apiszcz@...arrain.com Subject: Re: 2.6.23.9: x86_64: floppy not working: p35 chipset Justin Piszcz wrote: > Trying to format a floppy (2-3 of them) on a GA-P35-DS4 2.0 with a > regular Sony floppy on Debian x86_64 with kernel 2.6.23.9: > > # fdformat /dev/fd0 > Could not determine current format type: No such device > # mformat a: > mformat: Could not get geometry of device (No such device) > # > > # cat /proc/interrupts |grep floppy > 6: 38 37 39 41 IO-APIC-edge floppy > > # dmesg|grep -A1 fd0 > [ 52.689487] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > [ 52.704661] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > > During the 'attempted format' > > > I've tried a few different floppies, the result is the same. The system > is 64-bit only, no 32-bit emulation is enabled using a strict > 64-bit-only userland. Has anyone else gotten their floppy drive to work > under 64-bit? > > Is this just a case of a DOA floppy drive or is something else wrong? > Maybe booting from a 32 bit live CD would help determine that. It certainly was seen at boot time. Didn't get hooked to some SCSI device name by udev, did it? -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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