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From: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich)
Subject: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1: mtools on 720 kB disk in 1.44 fd locks system
Organization: private FreeBSD site
Message-ID: <Cyv8vr.z3@luva.lb.bawue.de>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 21:55:03 GMT
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Contrary to FBSD-1.0.2 FBSD-1.1.5.1 is locked up when you try
to access a 720 kB disk in a 1.44 MB floppy drive.

I use syscons and it's possible to change virtual terminals
after the following error message:

 fd0d: hard error reading fsbn 0
 (ST0 40<abnrml>  ST1 1<no_am>  ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1)

No input to the system is possible. I had to reset :-(

In FBSD-1.0.2 it was possible to change virtual terminal, kill
the offending process (mdir) and continue to work.

Did I mess up something installing FBSD-1.1.5.1?

-Michael
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Michael Giegerich             | migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de
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