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SunPCi User's Guide

Diskette Drive Problems

Table A–3 shows some problems that can occur with the diskette drive and SunPCi.

Table A–3 Diskette Drive Problems

Problem 

Possible Cause 

Solution 

Cannot access the diskette in the diskette drive. 

There is a conflict between SunPCi and the Solaris Volume Manager (vold) for control of the drive.

 

The file /dev/rdiskette may not have read/write permissions.

Refer to Diskette Drive Conflicts.

 

 

 

Check the permissions on the file and change them if necessary. 

Cannot eject the diskette. The error message eject: open failed on .dev/rdiskette. Device busy is displayed.

Another Solaris command window may have control of the diskette drive. 

Refer to Ejecting Diskettes for more information.

Cannot use low density diskettes. 

The diskette is probably not formatted correctly. 

Refer to Ejecting Diskettes for more information.

Diskette Drive Conflicts

SunPCi software and the Solaris Volume Manager program (vold) tend to conflict with each other for control of the diskette drive. Volume Manager provides automatic mounting services for peripheral devices attached to your system, such as diskette drives.

The conflict arises when Volume Manager support is enabled on your system and you attempt to access a diskette drive through a SunPCi window. In such instances, an error message is displayed and the diskette access fails.

By default, when SunPCi software is installed, Volume Manager support is disabled for diskette drives, and so most users will not encounter a problem. However, it is possible to re-enable Volume Manager on your system, and thus encounter the problem at a later time.

If Volume Manager support for diskette drives has been re-enabled on your system, and you encounter problems accessing diskette drives through SunPCi, try disabling Volume Manager and restarting the SunPCi window. If the problem persists, try disabling Volume Manager and rebooting your system.

To disable the Solaris Volume Manager, perform the following steps:

  1. Make sure that SunPCi is not running. Become superuser.

  2. Disable Volume Manager by entering the following command: 

    # /opt/SUNWspci/bin/vold_floppy_disable

  3. Exit superuser.

  4. Restart all SunPCi windows.