Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 01:11:52 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bad floppy disks Message-ID: <200605090111.53551.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0605081545200.21290@liam.billschoolcraft.com> References: <70063950605080944v4d0c673cm3611ca0d2966d777@mail.gmail.com> <445FC86A.8000201@daleco.biz> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0605081545200.21290@liam.billschoolcraft.com>
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On Monday 08 May 2006 23:49, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > Just last night I was just trying to get three good floppies from a > brand new package of 10 to install on a Fujitsu Lifebook with only a > floppy and could not believe the failure rate. I wonder if it might have more to do with the fact that these days the drives themselves just sit there seizing-up and gathering dust for months on end. A few months ago I bought a new floppy-drive just to flash a bios, the old drive had become really unreliable even though it had scarcely been used.
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