Floppy drive access

From: <Mark_Cuthbert_at_yorkshirewater.plc.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:03:50 +0100

Guys,

I know this is a bot simple BUT:-


I am trying to load the RAID array 200 Software I have on Floppy, but I am
usure of how to access the drive.

I can load/unload/check the device thriugh fddisk:-

# fddisk -what /dev/rfd0a
Drive type: RX26
Number of sectors/track: 18
Number of cylinders/disk: 80
Number of surfaces/disk: 2
Sector size: 512
Interleave: >= 2
Total capacity: 1474560 bytes (2880 sectors)
Partition size: 1474560 bytes (2880 sectors)
Partition offset: 0 bytes (0 sectors)
Media type: 3.50 inch, HD (1.44MB)
Media id: CANNOT DETERMINE MEDIA ID
Media write protect: READ ONLY
(drive open count=1, tamper=0/0, driver ver=0x050a0505)
#

I can read a disk label:-

# disklabel -r /dev/rfd0a
# /dev/rfd0a:
type: SCSI
disk: rx23
label:
flags: removeable
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 18
tracks/cylinder: 2
sectors/cylinder: 36
cylinders: 80
sectors/unit: 2880
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
drivedata: 0

8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
  a: 2880 0 unused 512 4096 # (Cyl. 0 - 79)
  b: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  c: 2880 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 79)
  d: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  e: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  f: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  g: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
  h: 0 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - -1)
#
But if I try to mount the disk I get:-

# mount -t ufs /dev/fd0c /mnt
/dev/fd0c on /mnt: I/O error
#

Any advice will be greatly accepted

Marco =8^(

Mark_Cuthbert_at_yorkshirewater.plc.uk
Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 10:05:33 NZDT

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