Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> I'm going to try another couple of >> floppies, and via Knoppix. >> >> > > I just tried yet another floppy, and although it looked like it > formatted properly, and I was able to copy a few files to it and read > those files from it, I then did the verify thing again: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> sudo dd if=/dev/fd0 conv=noerror | sum > dd: reading `/dev/fd0': Input/output error > 16+0 records in > 16+0 records out > 8192 bytes (8.2 kB) copied, 9.51669 seconds, 0.9 kB/s > dd: reading `/dev/fd0': Input/output error > 16+0 records in > 16+0 records out > > and on and on and on .... > > Now it's time to reboot and try Knoppix. >
Under Knoppix, floppies #4 & 5 did slightly better, but still generated errors. The sixth one formatted and verified without errors, and so I thought maybe I've just got a bunch of bad floppies, but when I tried to use it in my antiquated floppy-media-based digital camera, the camera complained about a "Bad Disk". (This camera works fine with floppies used in a Windows box.) So I'm leaning toward two bad floppy drives in two machines within my house. I'll know more when I can try these floppies in a third and maybe fourth Debian box at work tomorrow. -- Kent West Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
