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From: ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Second floppy stopped working
Message-ID: <1991Mar31.061016.14070@swmerc.rain.com>
Date: 31 Mar 91 06:10:16 GMT
Sender: ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
Organization: Merwin Software Services, Inc.
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I am running ISC R2.0.2 on a 20mhz Micronics clone with an Adaptec ESDI
controller.

While installing a 16550-based serial port, the FAS serial driver, Cnews
and Smail3, I somehow managed to confuse my system so that it refuses to
talk to the second floppy drive (which used to work just fine).  I went
the route of removing the new hardware and serial driver, to no avail.
If I boot DOS, the drive works, and the other drive works with both UNIX
and DOS.  When I try to access the drive with tar, I get the message:
			cannot open /dev/rdsk/f1q18dt
and from cpio I get:
			No such device or address

As far as I can tell, all of the dev-special files are there.  I tried
several of them with the same results.

Does anyone out there have a clue as to what may be causing the problem?

Thanks in advance.

Ralph
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