Re: /dev/fd0 problem

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Stephen wrote:
> Happy New Year !
>
> I did something stupid, when tired and working as root. 


What did you do?


I'm now getting
> this error when attempting to mount/read a floppy;
> "Inappropriate ioctl for device"
>
> running 'hdparm -Tt /dev/fd0' returns the following;
>
> 	/dev/fd0:
> 	read(2097152) returned 879616 bytes
> 	BLKGETSIZE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 	Timing buffered disk reads:  read() hit EOF - device too small
> 	BLKFLSBUF failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 	HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(null) (wait for flush complete) failed:
> 	Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 	  
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this ?
>
> Thanks.