On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, David Bushong wrote:

> To recap: Mounting my external 1GB drive (300MB netbsd, 700MB mac) evokes 
> 		a request to fsck it.  I do so and get:
> # fsck /dev/sd2a
> ** /dev/rsd2a
> BAD SUPER BLOCK: VALUES IN SUPER BLOCK DISAGREE WITH THOSE IN FIRST ALTERNATE
> Floating exception
> 
> Trying fsck -b 32 /dev/sd2a, I get a seemingly endless list of:
> UNKNOWN FILE TYPE I=73163
> CLEAR? [yn] y

"Seemingly endless" but not actually so.  This is specifically the type of
corruption that I have with the IBM disks I have in both of my machines (a
Spitfire and a Corsair).  It's also the reason the sbc SCSI driver exists.

> I'm on a IIcx (which I believe has an FPU), so I don't understand the 
> Floating exception..  

I'm not sure why or how this happens.  The IIcx does have an FPU.

--scott