On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > I am using Debian 2 Linux, installed recently. The new version > has superformat instead of fdformat. I am able to use superformat > to format floppy disks ( superformat /dev/fd0 ) and use the > disks, but I am unable to mount the disk on the machine at home > ( or vice versa ). The floppy drive controllers on the two machines > are different, I presume. But is this a bug, or do I have to > give some parameters when formatting? The floppy disks are 1.44 MB > high density, double sided.
This looks remarkably like a problem I see here (part of my job involves supporting a cople hundred PCs). The problem is O/S independent. I suspect that you have floppy drives that are misaligned or have differnt timing or something (I can't tell you exactly what the problem is - it's not worth putting an oscilliscope on a AUD$26 floppy drive). Solution: Just replace one or both drives - you'll have to experimment to see which one needs replacing (probably the home PC if the lab PC can read and write floppies to/from other PCs or vice versa). Regards, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David McDonald telephone: +61-2-9554-0346 (direct) Systems Support Analyst +61-2-9554-0000 (switch) Security Mailing Services 04-1237-2284 (mobile) 6 The Crescent facsimile: +61-2-9554-0554 P.O. Box 86 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KINGSGROVE NSW 2208 AUSTRALIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------
