/dev/fd0: Input/output error (making base disks)

[Matt Garman <garman@netins.net>]

Hello:

I'm trying to make the "base" disks to do a potato install.

When I do a "dd if=root.bin of=/dev/fd0," I get the following:

dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error
1113+0 records in
1112+0 records out

And again with "cmp root.bin /dev/fd0":

cmp: /dev/fd0: Input/output error

This is using a standard 1.44 floppy drive that came with my system.  It
has worked fine for as long as I've had the machine.  By the way, I also
tried several different disks, all with the same results as above.

Any thoughts?

MG
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Matt Garman, garman@ews.uiuc.edu
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