Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 16:35:10 -0700 From: pvinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: preformatted floppies (was: Upgrading to 2.05A) Message-ID: <199506042335.QAA24761@ix5.ix.netcom.com>
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>> > If you buy preformatted floppies , you shouldn't format them. >> > They are FreeBSD ready :) > >Just noticed this piece of the thread and though I would through in >the fact that ``preformatted'' does not mean defect free. Infact often >preformatted DOS floppies full of defects since DOS format cleans them >up for the mfg. > >By all means, preformatted floppies are NOT FreeBSD ready!!!! One of >the common failure modes of installation we have has been tracked down >to bad floppy disk god only knows how many times!!! I've had the same problems. I used BASF preformatted MS-DOS disks that were always freaky until I reformatted them. Preformatted disks dont save time with FreeBSD!! Paul
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