Bug 7176 - Cannot access fd0
Summary: Cannot access fd0
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0-CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: Joerg Wunsch
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Reported: 1998-07-05 21:40 UTC by Thomas Dean
Modified: 1998-07-17 07:48 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Dean 1998-07-05 21:40:04 UTC 
I am getting errors in accessing fd0.  I can boot a FreeBSD floppy.
DOS has no problem with the device.

I never see or hear FreeBSD access the device.

I am running FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Jun 19 09:15:17 PDT 1998

The only IDE storage device is the floppy.  There are 3 SCSI disks and
a SCSI CD.  The SCSI controller is a NCR PCI device.

How-To-Repeat: mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
Comment 1 Poul-Henning Kamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1998-07-07 10:50:22 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->suspended

Joerg, you're into floppy drives, yes ?
Comment 2 Poul-Henning Kamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1998-07-07 10:50:22 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->joerg
Comment 3 Joerg Wunsch freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1998-07-17 07:46:34 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: suspended->closed

After some debugging tobether with Thomas, it turned out to be that he 
had configured his floppy tape drive at unit #1.  This royally 
confused the floppy driver. 

ft(4) should probably go away... 

I've placed a fat warning in GENERIC telling you should leave it at 

unit #2.