Re: argh! linux and floppies

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Marc Wilson wrote:
> Further, why wouldn't you just use superformat(1)?
westk[@westk03]:/home/westk> sudo superformat /dev/fd0 hd
Password:
Measuring drive 0's raw capacity
In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future,
add the following line to /etc/driveprm:
drive0: deviation=320
CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be
removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller.

 Verifying cylinder 61, head 1 error during command execution
   66 04 3d 01 01 02 12 1b ff
44 20 20 3d 01 11 02
CRC error in data field
CRC error in data or address
cylinder=61 head=1 sector=17 size=2
error during command execution
   66 04 3d 01 01 02 12 1b ff
44 20 20 3d 01 11 02
CRC error in data field
CRC error in data or address
cylinder=61 head=1 sector=17 size=2
 Verifying cylinder 61, head 1 error during command execution
   66 04 3d 01 01 02 12 1b ff
44 20 20 3d 01 11 02
CRC error in data field
CRC error in data or address
cylinder=61 head=1 sector=17 size=2
error during command execution
   66 04 3d 01 01 02 12 1b ff
44 20 20 3d 01 11 02
CRC error in data field
CRC error in data or address
cylinder=61 head=1 sector=17 size=2

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I'm again leaning toward the idea that my floppy drives have gone southward.



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Kent West
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