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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!quack!dfox From: dfox@quack.kfu.com (David Fox) Subject: newfs kernel panics on /dev/rfd0a Message-ID: <f0YpQPE@quack.kfu.com> Keywords: newfs Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'. Date: 23 Mar 1993 22:21:09 UTC Lines: 31 Hi *, I've just noticed a very strange problem with newfs and 5.25 inch floppies. Before today, I've been able to newfs on my 5.25 /dev/fd0a floppy without problems (using newfs /dev/rfd0a floppy5) but when I tried it today, the kernel panicked nearly every time. The panic message wasn't on the screen long enough for me to find what the problem was. :( I am able to newfs /dev/fd1a floppy3 (the 3.5") fine, though, and I can mount disks that I've put filesytems on, and I can tar on the 5.25 disk successfully too, which is very very wierd, to say the least. I have no idea whether I broke something (what kernel files should I be looking at for newfs?) or if the hardware maintenance we were doing last night (trying to configure a soundblaster pro on various IRQs to get a DOS game working right) might have screwed up the floppy. Help! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ in real life: david fox email: dfox@quack.kfu.com 5479 Castle Manor Drive, San Jose, CA 95129 "Thanks for letting me change some USA magnetic patterns on your HD" -me 408-253-7992 "You've just won an absolutely FREE trip to the Isles of Langerhans" -me ------------------------------------------------------------------------