Re: floppy driver in 2.6.12.5

["linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@analogic.com>]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Cezary Sliwa wrote:

>
> Just wanted to format a floppy disk with fdformat, no way:
>
> Aug 14 22:28:45 kwant kernel: floppy0: unexpected interrupt
> Aug 14 22:28:45 kwant kernel: floppy0: sensei repl[0]=80
> Aug 14 22:28:49 kwant kernel: floppy0: -- FDC reply errorfloppy0: unexpected interrupt
> Aug 14 22:28:49 kwant kernel: floppy0: sensei repl[0]=80
> Aug 14 22:28:51 kwant kernel: floppy0: -- FDC reply error<4>IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=81.190.249.26 DST=83.24.228.114 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=120 ID=51789 PROTO=UDP SPT=4672 DPT=4672 LEN=40
> Aug 14 22:29:04 kwant kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=83.25.145.251 DST=83.24.228.114 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=33367 PROTO=UDP SPT=4685 DPT=4672 LEN=40
> Aug 14 22:29:07 kwant kernel: floppy0: unexpected interrupt
> Aug 14 22:29:07 kwant kernel: floppy0: sensei repl[0]=80
> Aug 14 22:29:07 kwant kernel: floppy0: seek failed
>
> Linux version 2.6.12.5 (root@kwant) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release))
> #1 Thu Aug 18 21:12:45 CEST 2005
>
> nforce2 mobo, nec fdd
>

What is floppy0?

I just formatted a floppy on version 2.6.12.5, shown in the
attached. You need to use /dev/fd0H1440  or similar device-names.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.12.5 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction.
.
I apologize for the following. I tried to kill it with the above dot :


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