[ros-kernel] Accessing floppy drive without floppy present ha ngs ReactOS

[Richard Campbell]

I'd like to note that this fixed my issues clicking 'browse' and 
exploring my computer.


Hey Matthew wrote:

>Can i ask why opening the reactos explorer hits the floppy disk?
>When you double click the A: drive, sure, but not before.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ge van Geldorp [mailto:ge at gse.nl]
>Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2004 1:31 p.m.
>To: ros-kernel at reactos.com
>Subject: [ros-kernel] Accessing floppy drive without floppy present
>hangs ReactOS
>
>
>When opening "My Computer" (but also doing a "dir a:" from a blue screen
>command prompt) ReactOS stops responding when there is no disk inserted
>in the drive. This is pretty bad, as after a default install there are
>only two icons on the desktop and you can pretty much expect the user to
>double-click the "My Computer" icon. It seems very likely that there
>will be no floppy in the drive.
>
>For the moment I've disabled the floppy driver in the release branch.
>The floppy driver wasn't much use yet anyway, since there's no media
>change detection. I think not having an A: drive is better than having
>ReactOS lockup on "My Computer" doubleclicks.
>
>What I've found tracing this problem is that the drive is successfully
>re-calibrated. The DPRINT at line 116 in floppy/isr.c is executed. Then
>the "Read ID Mark" command is issued to the controller, but this command
>never completes. I guess at some point a timer should be activated, just
>not sure where or how.
>
>Gé van Geldorp.
>
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