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Old 04-08-2009
Cannot use USB diskette drive

I would be extremely grateful for any help on the following matter.

Under AIX 5.1 and for years I have been using perfectly well a USB 3.5" disketted drive. But since yesterday, after a power failure disconnected my e-server, I have been unable to use the drive. Whatever <operation> I try to execute, let it be "dosread", "dosdir" or "restore" from a backup diskette, I always get:

<operation> 054-158 Cannot open /dev/rfd0: there is a request to a device or address that does not exist.

When I enter:
Code:
lsdev -C

The answer is:
Code:
fd0 is defined

When I enter:
Code:
lscfg -v

The answer is:
Code:
fd0 is not listed

When I enter:
Code:
mkdev -l fdo

The answer is:
Code:
Method error. 0514-031 A device is already configured ....


Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-09-2009 at 04:45 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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