From: ael <ael@none.none>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unable to format or use floppies since 2.6.28
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:33:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hfvo0q$pvp$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B215007.4030703@compro.net>
Mark Hounschell wrote:
> I have many boxes. They all do the same thing. Running different versions of SuSE, 10.3-11.2. Any kernel at or above 2.6.28 fails to fdformat a floppy. These same machines, using the same floppies and drives, running kernels older than 2.6.28 work just fine. I googled and found other such reports but no solution. I know better than to just assume it's a kernel bug but it sure looks like it could be so I'm inquiring about it here.
>
>
> # fdformat /dev/fd0u1440
> Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
> Formatting ... done
> Verifying ... Problem reading cylinder 1, expected 18432, read 2048
Similar problems on debian testing: see
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548434
However, fdformat is ok on Gentoo under 2.6.31 and also on Ubuntu
2.6.32-rc6, so it seems it is not just the kernel version in any
simplistic way.
A git-bisect seems the obvious next step?
ael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-12 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-10 19:46 Unable to format or use floppies since 2.6.28 Mark Hounschell
2009-12-12 9:33 ` ael [this message]
2009-12-17 9:04 ` Américo Wang
2009-12-17 9:19 ` Tejun Heo
2009-12-17 8:30 ` Dan Carpenter
2009-12-17 10:07 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-17 10:35 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-17 10:36 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 10:45 ` Mark Hounschell
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