Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:29:43 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> Cc: Uriel Ash <unmash@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /kernel error when trying to mount my floppy drive Message-ID: <20000313212943.G14279@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <38CDC482.4C9657B@S1.com>; from Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 04:48:02AM %2B0000 References: <38CDC0E0.80035F22@earthlink.net> <38CDC482.4C9657B@S1.com>
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* Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> [000313 21:21] wrote: > Hi again Uriel > > > On advice from a freebsd subscriber, I tried > > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt and the error has now changed to > > > > /kernel: fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 0 ( ST0 40 (abnrml) ST 11 <no_am) > > ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 1. > > > > At a rough guess, I'd say the diskette is 'stuffed'. This is a technical > term that translates to 'throw it away and get a new one' ;') If the data is important you _may_ be able to salvage it by using mtools (/usr/ports/emulators/mtools/) but I wouldn't count on it. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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