VP/ix and Floppy Drives

[Jeff Wood]

I am having problems with VP/ix and floppy drives.  I have
version 2.3.3 of Xenix and 1.1 Update A of VP\ix.  I am using
an HP Vectra with 1.2 Mbyte 5.25" and 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" drives.
Here are the device files for the floppy drives:

5.25
crw-rw-rw-   4 bin      bin        2, 52 Mar 14 12:31 /dev/rfd096
crw-rw-rw-   3 bin      bin        2,  4 Jan 12  1989 /dev/rfd048
crw-rw-rw-   2 bin      bin        2, 12 Jan 12  1989 /dev/rfd048ds8
crw-rw-rw-   3 bin      bin        2,  4 Jan 12  1989 /dev/rfd048ds9

3.5
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     root       2, 62 Feb  3 14:23 /dev/rfd2135ds18
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       2, 38 Mar 14 12:02 /dev/rfd2135ds9
crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       2, 38 Feb  9 10:41 /dev/rfd296ds9

Here is a listing of my vpix.cnf file:

C                       /u/jdw/vpix/C:;  /usr/vpix/defaults/C:
ROM                     /usr/vpix/defaults/rom
CMOS                    /usr/vpix/defaults/cmos
BOOTIMAGE               $HOME/vpix/vpix.img
EGAROM                  /usr/vpix/defaults/romvga
A                       /dev/rfd096
;A                      /dev/rfd048
;A                      /dev/rfd048ds8
;A                      /dev/rfd048ds9
;B                      /dev/rfd296ds9
B                       /dev/rfd2135ds18
;COM1                   /dev/tty1a
;LPT1                   /usr/bin/lp -s

When I try to format a disk with the command:

   format b:

I get the message:

   Insert new diskette for drive B:
   and strike ENTER when ready

I strike ENTER then I get

   Head: 0 Cylinder: 0
   Drive not ready                
   Format failure               
   Format another (Y/N)?

When I try to catalog a formatted disk with the command:

   dir b:
   
I get the message:

   Not ready error reading drive B
   Abort, Retry, Ignore?

What's the deal Camille??? :^(

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Jeff Wood			 	Colorado IC Division
jdw at hpfijdw.hp.com 			(303) 229-6633