From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kumba Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:33:52 +0000 Subject: Re: fd0 not found Message-Id: <42E6C860.7030809@gentoo.org> List-Id: References: <42E61753.8050502@cpttm.org.mo> In-Reply-To: <42E61753.8050502@cpttm.org.mo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Kent Tong wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian Sarge (kernel 2.6) on a Sun Blade 100. > I tried to to format my floppy using "fdformat /dev/fd0h1440" > but it says "no such device or address". In addition, mesg > shows there is an error: > > SABRE0: Uncorrectable Error, primary error type[DMA Write:Translation > Error] > SABRE0: bytemask[00ff] dword_offset[0] was_block(0) > SABRE0: UE AFAR [000000005fa7c000] > SABRE0: UE Secondary errors [(none)] > SABRE0: IOMMU Error, type[Invalid Error] > SABRE0: IOMMU TAG(4)[RAW(0000000000c6f800)error(Invalid > Error)wr(0)sz(8K)vpg(df0 > 00000)] > SABRE0: IOMMU > DATA(4)[RAW(000000006fe00000)valid(1)used(1)cache(0)ppg(0000000000 > 000000) > > and it doesn't mention anything about floppy or fd at all. > Any idea? The Floppy drive on Sun Blade 100 has never worked. I might be off on this, but I believe it hangs off of an ISA bus built into the system (or some bus), and no one's ever invested the time to detect it. --Kumba -- Gentoo/MIPS Team Lead Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond