From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 07:51:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D4E16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:51:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE2D43D31 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:51:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) iBS7oEv82971; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:50:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Nikolas Britton" Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:50:13 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <41D0E45E.80601@nbritton.org> cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Broder_Mizz=E9rable?= cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Need help *fast* X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:51:32 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:freebsd@nbritton.org] > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 8:43 PM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Broder Mizzérable; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Need help *fast* > > > > > > > That is not want I meant to imply when I said "junk": > > I was talking about the mediums tolerance to time or lack there of. Go > find a batch of 5-10year old 1.44mb diskettes and try to format them and > then you will under stand what I meant by "junk". They generally work fine if they were good quality to begin with. I do find that the modern floppy disk drives go out of alignment very rapidly and once that happens they won't format the media without trouble. I also know that Central Point had to switch suppliers a few times due to bad floppies. KAO Infosystems was cheap but had a high failure rate. Verbatim was more expensive but generally never had problems. They ended up having to use Verbatim. Ted