Re: Debian Kills Disks
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 wtopa@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Floppies are getting even worse. They are not reliable but we can't
> all get a zip or LS120. Debian doesn't overwork them, they just fail.
> I bought 100 new Fuji floppies and 15 out of 100 would not even
> format, on Win95 or Linux!
I wonder what the track record for zip and LS120 disks is.
> >
> > Even Debian is refusing to install properly on it, the last semi
> > successful install attempt resulted in a Read Only partial install that
> > won't boot from the hard disk and a floppy boot won't access the hard
> > disk. I believe that Debian has "signed" the boot partition in some way
> > to make the disk(s) unusable. In other words, a software flag or
> > partition id was written to the disk in a way that was not completely
> > correct. How can I correct this? Is there a Hex editor I could use to
> > clear the boot sector of the disk so a new install would work correctly?
> >
>
> I would go to http://toms.net/tomsrtbt and get his 1 floppy Linux system.
> With it you will be able to look at the HD and might be able to figure
> what went west.
This requires a floppy formatted at 1.7 MB, which will challenge many
floppies which format successfully at 1.44 MB (Linux or DOS). I went
through five "good" floppies before I could install it.
Bob
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