Can't format floppies..
I captured everything I could think of. homebrewed 2.2.13 from
ftp.kernel.org source tarball, everything running potato.
Known problem?
Oh yeah, it's the IPX.
-- Ferret no baka
superformat /dev/fd0
Measuring drive 0's raw capacity
floppy0: Getstatus times out (10) on fdc 0
floppy driver state
-------------------
now=15777840 last interrupt=15777840 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44
timeout_message=floppy start
last output bytes:
8 80 15777834
8 80 15777834
12 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
13 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
1a 90 15777837
0 90 15777837
3 80 15777837
c1 90 15777837
11 90 15777837
7 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
8 81 15777837
4d 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
2 90 15777837
1 90 15777837
ff 90 15777837
3 90 15777837
last result at 15777837
last redo_fd_request at 15777834
20 0
status=d0
fdc_busy=1
fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c
timer_table=f00c9134
expires=295
now=15777840
cont=f0136ecc
CURRENT=00000000
command_status=-1
floppy0: get result error. Fdc=0 Last status=ffffffff Read bytes=0
floppy driver state
-------------------
now=15777840 last interrupt=15777840 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44
timeout_message=floppy start
last output bytes:
8 80 15777834
8 80 15777834
12 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
13 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
1a 90 15777837
0 90 15777837
3 80 15777837
c1 90 15777837
11 90 15777837
7 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
8 81 15777837
4d 80 15777837
0 90 15777837
2 90 15777837
1 90 15777837
ff 90 15777837
3 90 15777837
last result at 15777837
last redo_fd_request at 15777834
20 0
status=d0
fdc_busy=1
fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c
timer_table=f00c9134
expires=295
now=15777840
cont=f0136ecc
CURRENT=00000000
command_status=-1
floppy0: unexpected interrupt repl[0]=0 repl[1]=0 repl[2]=0 repl[3]=ff repl[4]=4 repl[5]=1 repl[6]=2
format: Input/output error
nasal:~# uname -a
Linux nasal 2.2.13 #1 Wed Nov 17 14:10:27 PST 1999 sparc unknown
nasal:~# cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyS
5 cua
7 vcs
10 misc
29 fb
128 ptm
136 pts
Block devices:
2 fd
8 sd
nasal:~# cat /proc/ioports
fe000000-fe000fff : auxiliaryIO
fe001000-fe001fff : sun4c_interrupts
fe002000-fe002fff : clock
fe003000-fe003fff : timer
fe004000-fe004fff : dma
fe005000-fe005fff : floppy
fe006000-fe006fff : ESP Registers
fe007000-fe007fff : LANCE
fff00000-fff0000f : ESP DVMA Cmd Block
fff01000-fff0d21b : LANCE DMA
nasal:~# cat /proc/interrupts
3: 401937 Sparc ESP SCSI
5: 1539770 LANCE
10: 15781426 + timer
11: 21 + floppy
12: 678008 + Zilog8530
nasal:~# c ls -l /dev/fd0*
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 24 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u1760
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 8 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u2880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u3840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u410
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u420
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 4 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 20 Nov 25 15:44 /dev/fd0u880
nasal:~# superformat /dev/fd0u720
Measuring drive 0's raw capacity
floppy0: Getstatus times out (10) on fdc 0
floppy driver state
-------------------
now=15784467 last interrupt=15784467 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44
timeout_message=floppy start
last output bytes:
8 80 15784461
8 80 15784461
12 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
13 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
1a 90 15784466
0 90 15784466
3 80 15784466
e1 90 15784466
9 90 15784466
7 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
8 81 15784466
4d 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
2 90 15784466
1 90 15784466
ff 90 15784466
3 90 15784466
last result at 15784466
last redo_fd_request at 15784462
20 0
status=d0
fdc_busy=1
fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c
timer_table=f00c9134
expires=295
now=15784467
cont=f0136ecc
CURRENT=00000000
command_status=-1
floppy0: get result error. Fdc=0 Last status=ffffffff Read bytes=0
floppy driver state
-------------------
now=15784467 last interrupt=15784467 diff=0 last called handler=f00c6f44
timeout_message=floppy start
last output bytes:
8 80 15784461
8 80 15784461
12 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
13 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
1a 90 15784466
0 90 15784466
3 80 15784466
e1 90 15784466
9 90 15784466
7 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
8 81 15784466
4d 80 15784466
0 90 15784466
2 90 15784466
1 90 15784466
ff 90 15784466
3 90 15784466
last result at 15784466
last redo_fd_request at 15784462
20 0
status=d0
fdc_busy=1
fd_timer.function=f00c6e7c
timer_table=f00c9134
expires=295
now=15784467
cont=f0136ecc
CURRENT=00000000
command_status=-1
floppy0: unexpected interrupt repl[0]=0 repl[1]=0 repl[2]=0 repl[3]=ff repl[4]=4 repl[5]=1 repl[6]=2
format: Input/output error
nasal:~#
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