ampah@swpyr2.sbc.com (Paul Herzog) (12/04/90)
Need help on two separate problems; actually on two different 3b1's. First, when trying to use the floppy drive the Window keeps coming up saying that either the drive needs to be closed or there isn't a floppy in the drive; both untrue of course. The above occurs mostly when trying to use "cpio" for backups. The strange part is that the backup will actually start sometimes and get partially done and will actually seem to be continuing in the background while the error message is displayed. The problem also occurs when I try to "mount /dev/fp021 /mnt". In this case, it usually just looks at me for long while and then gives the message. Are there any adjustments that can be made or checked? Mind you, I have cleaned it (dust bunnies as well as heads with Kodak head cleaner kit). How does it determine if a floppy is installed? Second problem, but on a different machine, is an internal modem that works just fine for dial out (uucp or an interactive session) but will not "pick-up" the line on an in-coming call (neither line 1 or line 2) in either data or voice mode. Any help on either of these problems would be greatly appreciated. -- Paul Herzog VOICE : 314-235-8025 One Bell Center RM 30F7 UUCP : uunet!swbatl!swpyr2!ampah Southwestern Bell INTERNET: ampah@swpyr2.sbc.com St. Louis, MO 63050
dave@das13.snide.com (Dave Snyder) (12/05/90)
In article <42@swpyr2.sbc.com>, ampah@swpyr2.sbc.com (Paul Herzog) writes: > First, when trying to use the floppy drive the Window keeps coming up > saying that either the drive needs to be closed or there isn't a floppy > in the drive; both untrue of course. > Did you check for dust bunnies blocking the "write-protect' mechanisam? If there is dust blocking that led, it just like putting a write-protect tab on the disk. DAS -- David Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA UUCP: ..!uunet!trac2000!das13!dave INTERNET: dave@das13.snide.com