Configuration of built-in floppy drive.

[Enrico Venegoni]

Hi people,

sometime ago I used a built-in floppy drive on a HP9000 715/80 WS to read and write files in DOS format through dosls, dosll, doscp ... without problem. Now I've another one, but I'm not more able to do that.
When I type the command "dosls /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0:" the following output appears:

"Unrecognizable disc format on /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0
dosls: can't open /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0: for listing."

I've tried to format with the command
"mediainit -v /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0" but the following is appeared:

mediainit: initialization process starting
mediainit: locking PC floppy device
mediainit: initializing media
mediainit: initialize media command failed - I/O error

So, I made some checks to see if the floppy drive is properly configured.

ioscan -funCfloppy

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===============================================
floppy 0 2/0/10.1 pflop CLAIMED DEVICE HP_PC_FDC_FLOPPY
/dev/floppy/c0t1d0 /dev/rfloppy/c0t1d0

In SAM -> Kernel Configuration -> Drivers all the drivers that I think are needed to manage the floppy drive are present and active:

fdc (PC Floppy Controller Driver)
pflop (PC Floppy Driver)
sflop (SCSI Flexible Disk Driver)

Can someone help me?
Best Regards
Enrico

[Ollie R]

Hi Enrico,

Is it possible that this diskette is not DOS formatted?

Ollie.

[Pete Randall]

Indeed, I would suspect the floppy diskette itself, rather than the drive.


Pete

[Enrico Venegoni]

Hi,

thanks Ollie and Pete.

I have just one problem. How can I format a floppy like DOS format. I think the command is mediainit but I don't know which options need.

Best Rgs
enrico

[V. Nyga]

Hi Enrico,

as far as I know for a DOS formatted disc you have to format it at an PC.

Volkmar

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

You need to format it with the "format" command
via the PC

Caesar

[curt larson_1]

here is a doc on formating a floppy

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=tis00071

mediainit -i 2 devicefile

i don't know if that will be DOS compatible or not though

[Enrico Venegoni]

Thanks all.

Best Regards
Enrico