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From: hw@thor.shn.com (Henning Wickhorst)
Subject: Problem with fdformat on FreeBSD
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 14:31:12 GMT
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I have some trouble to format a floppy disk.
My FreeBSD version is a SNAP from end of february.
uname -v reports FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development.
My Problem:
I would like to format a floppy disk in my first floppy drive
which is a 1.44 MB drive.
when i enter 'fdformat -f 1440 fd0' the process starts up, but
i got this messages: 'biodone: Buffer already done'
The message is repeated many timen while 'formating' the disk.
After that i'm trying to do a disklabel:
disklabel -r -w fd0 fd1440
and the kernel complains:
thor /kernel: writedisklabel: MSP with no BSD part
At last i build a filesystem on the disk:
newfs fd0.1440
This is what i find in /var/log/messages:
Jul 30 16:15:36 thor /kernel: biodone: buffer already done
Jul 30 16:16:07 thor last message repeated 44 times
Jul 30 16:17:28 thor last message repeated 115 times
Jul 30 16:18:02 thor /kernel: disk doesn't have an MBR
Jul 30 16:18:13 thor /kernel: disk doesn't have an MBR
Jul 30 16:18:13 thor /kernel: writedisklabel: MSP with no BSD part
But i can mount and use the floppy for storing data on it.
What i'm doing wrong ??
Thanks,
Henning
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Henning Wickhorst Elmshorn, Germany hw@thor.shn.com
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