Re: fdformat doesn't work anymore?

From: Daniel O'Connor (doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au)
Date: 11/28/03

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    To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:23:44 +1030

    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 :) 

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