[ltp] Thinkpad A21P - floppy problem
Brent Gonder
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:09:15 -0500
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I am having a problem with an A21P and the floppy drive.
I am having similar problems that appear below, although I have
had no success at all in getting any kind of floppy formatted.
(I will need to be able to format large capacity floppies.
This is needed to create floppy disks for the Linux router project)
The specific system is A21P 2629 rr9 (referb 2929-H1U)
PIII 850, 128MB ram (upgraded to 384mb) 32GB hd, tft, DVD Modem.
I have had W98 installed , floppy worked ok
I now have Windows XP installed, floppy still works ok.
I tried installing to a separate hard disk, same results.
During the Debian install, it is not able to create a boot floppy.
I had the same problem with RedHat 5.2
I have updated the bios to 1.07 (contains XP support)
I have removed all extra memory (so only 128MB is installed)
No matter what I do, I cannot get the floppy to work.
Any ideas on what to try?
Thanks in advance!
Brent
(Note below is a copy of another user with the similar problem)
I tried all of the information below with no success.
A21p information:
http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/~cai/linux/a21p/
another documented problem:
http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/~cai/linux/a21p/floppy.txt
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 06:32:40 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Dragan Milovankic <draganmilo@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Linux on A21p and floppy problem
I own A21p since one month and with a little help of my friend
I installed SuSE 7.1 (kernel 2.4) on my laptop. With 128MB RAM
it works fine. Now I have 512MB RAM and I experience problems
with floppy. Can not read/write properly. It brings I/O error
somewhere between 36 and 44 track out of 80 when I try to format
floppy. And not to mention that it works under Win2k.
I have allready tried
floppy=NODMA
and
floppy=thinkpad
as well as
MEM=128M
Nothing helps.
And see the wonder:
strace -ff -o /tmp/trash fdformat /dev/fd01440
works.
Looks like some kind of timing problem.
Do you have any idea about this fenomena?
Thank you in advance!
Dragan
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<div class=3DSection1><pre><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I am having a problem with an A21P and the =
floppy drive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I am =
having similar problems that appear below, although I have =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>had</span></font></span> no success at all in =
getting any kind of floppy formatted.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>(I will =
need to be able to format large capacity floppies.<br>
This is needed to create floppy disks for the Linux router =
project)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>The =
specific system is A21P 2629 rr9 (<span
class=3DSpellE>referb</span> =
2929-H1U)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>PIII 850, =
128MB ram (upgraded to 384mb) 32GB <span
class=3DSpellE><span class=3DGramE>hd</span></span>, <span =
class=3DSpellE>tft</span>, DVD =
Modem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I have =
had W98 <span
class=3DGramE>installed ,</span> floppy worked =
ok<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I now =
have Windows XP installed, floppy still works =
ok.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I tried =
installing to a separate hard disk, same =
results.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>During =
the <span
class=3DSpellE>Debian</span> install, it is not able to create a boot =
floppy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I had the =
same problem with <span
class=3DSpellE>RedHat</span> =
5.2<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I have updated the =
bios to 1.07 (contains XP =
support)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I have =
removed all extra memory (so only 128MB is =
installed)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>No matter =
what I do, I cannot get the floppy to =
work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Any ideas on what to =
try?</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks in =
advance!<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Brent =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>(Note =
below is a copy of another user with the similar =
problem)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I tried =
all of the information below with no =
success.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>A21p =
information:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/~cai/linux/a21p=
/<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>another</span></font></span> documented =
problem:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><a
href=3D"http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/~cai/linux/a21p/floppy.txt">http:/=
/www.physiology.wisc.edu/~cai/linux/a21p/floppy.txt</a><o:p></o:p></span>=
</font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>>Date: =
</span></font><st1:date
Month=3D"4" Day=3D"10" Year=3D"2001">Tue, 10 Apr 2001</st1:date> =
<st1:time Hour=3D"18"
Minute=3D"32">06:32:40</st1:time> -0700 (PDT)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font =
size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>>From: Dragan =
Milovankic =
<draganmilo@yahoo.com><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>>Subject: Linux on A21p and floppy =
problem<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I own =
A21p since one month and with a little help of my friend =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I =
installed SuSE 7.1 (kernel 2.4) on my laptop.<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>With 128MB RAM =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>it</span></font></span> works fine. Now I =
have 512MB RAM and I experience problems <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>with</span></font></span> floppy. <span
class=3DGramE>Can not read/write properly.</span> It brings I/O error =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>somewhere</span></font></span> between 36 and =
44 track out of 80 when I try to format<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>floppy</span></font></span>.<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And not to mention that it =
works under Win2k.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>I have =
allready tried <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> =
</span><span
class=3DGramE>floppy=3D</span>NODMA<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><s=
pan
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>and</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>=
<font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> =
</span><span
class=3DGramE>floppy=3D</span>thinkpad<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre=
><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>as</span></font></span> well as =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> =
</span>MEM=3D128M<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Nothing =
helps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>And see =
the wonder:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> =
</span><span
class=3DSpellE><span class=3DGramE>strace</span></span> -ff -o /<span =
class=3DSpellE>tmp</span>/trash <span
class=3DSpellE>fdformat</span> /dev/fd01440 =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>works</span></font></span>.<o:p></o:p></pre><p=
re><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Looks =
like some kind of timing =
problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Do you =
have any idea about this <span
class=3DSpellE>fenomena</span>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font =
size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Thank you =
in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Dragan<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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