From: Russell Ochocki (rdo@kynes.bison.mb.ca)
Date: 06/14/93 

From: rdo@kynes.bison.mb.ca (Russell Ochocki)
Subject: Can't access floppy
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 08:55:42 CDT

I just installed Linux a couple of days ago. Everything was working fine.
I installed SLS 1.01 from the install disks via my 3.5" drive.

I had MDIR and MCOPY working. I copied some DOS floppies to linux with them.

Couple days later, after experimenting and fooling around with linux, I noticed
I could no longer access my floppy via MDIR A:. I get the following messages:
        floppy I/O error
        dev 0200, sector 0
        Reset-floppy called
        VFS: Disk change detected on device 2/0
        floppy: unexpected interupt
        floppy I/O error
        dev 0200, sector 0
        Reset-floppy called
        floppy: unexpected interupt
        mdir: Cannot initialize `A:'

I've tried many different DOS disks and get the above messages everytime.

My /etc/mtools file has not changed during this time. It looks like this:
        A /dev/fd0 12 0 0 0

System info:
        Impulse 486SLC33 Notebook
        6meg RAM, 120meg HD (only 1 partition for Linux, nothing for DOS)
        Install package: SLS 1.01 disk series a,b,c
        Filesystem: ext2

I've tried to boot MS-DOS from a floppy but haven't had any luck. I have LILO
installed and it takes me directly into Linux, even if I have a DOS system disk
in drive A:. I tried to add a DOS option to LILO. I changed my
/etc/lilo/config file to:
        boot = /dev/hda
        install = /etc/lilo/boot.b
        delay = 100
        image = /Image
                label = linux
                root = /dev/hda1
                vga=normal
        other = /dev/fd0
                label = dos

I run 'lilo -v' and get:
        LILO version 0.10
        Written by Werner Almesberger

        Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
        Merging with /etc/lilo/boot.b
        Boot image: /Image
        Added linux
        Boot other: /dev/fd0, loader /etc/lilo/chain.b
        floppy I/O error
        dev 0200, sector 0
        Reset-floppy called
        floppy: unexpected interupt
        geo_query_dev FDGETPRM (dev 0x200): No such device

No such device? Grrr. When I boot Linux, it says fd0 is 1.44M.
How can I get access to my floppy again? 

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|  Russell Ochocki                           rdo@kynes.bison.mb.ca
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|  Russell Ochocki                           rdo@kynes.bison.mb.ca