Thank you for your suggestion. In my case, I discovered that when I form the ext2 file system on the floppy if I use mke2fs /dev/fd0 I get the problem of transferability, but if I use, after superformat /dev/fd0 hd, mke2fs /dev/fd0 1440 the problem disappears.
So at least in my case, the solution to the problem seems simple. Sebastian Canagaratna. > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
