Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:23:44 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdformat doesn't work anymore? Message-ID: <200311281023.44869.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200311280012.47529.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200311271957.42283.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200311280012.47529.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Friday 28 November 2003 00:12, Malcolm Kay wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 19:57, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > I am trying to format a floppy in a FreeBSD 4.9-mumble system but it > > spits errors on most tracks. > > > > I've tried several floppies, but the result is the same. If I do "dd > > if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0c" it completes without error. > > So this proves you can get nulls from /dev/zero without error. > But having done this will dd read from /dev/fd0c? Good question :) > The fact that the errors are pretty much the same on both machines, I would > take as a strong indication the the diskettes are due for the rubbish tip. Yeah, sigh :) > And I've known batches of old disks to fail from physical distortion of the > media while on the shelf through aging -- long term backup on floppies is > useless or at least a big gamble. Well, it sucks to have to buy new floppies in emergencies.. Maybe I should keep a set in the fridge or something :) I bought some new ones and the fdformat fine, so I guess it was just dodgy disks. Thanks :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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