Re: any ideas?
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> wrote:
> I think the floppy in this machine is defective. The information on
> bsd wasn't useful in fact, as root I was prevented from changing
> permissions on the /dev/fd0 device.
>
> Script started on Sun 17 Jun 2012 09:45:57 AM EDT
> root@stmarys:~# dmesg | re[K[Kgrep fd0
> [ 1.083042] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> [ 2261.544104] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> [ 2264.552113] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> [ 2264.552496] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
> [ 2267.560113] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
My Sid installation was getting these messages recently and I don't
even /have/ a floppy drive. I found the boot sequence in the BIOS had
somehow been re-set to attempt booting from floppy first. Did I
accidentally re-set it, myself? Don't know. Re-setting the BIOS to
disable floppy booting solved it.
Cybe R. Wizard
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Larry Niven, Steven Barnes
"The Barsoom Project"
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