Re: cannot format floppy
From: jpd (read_the_sig_at_do.not.spam.it)
Date: 11/13/03
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:21:26 +0000 (UTC)
In article <HoAtuB.1EIq@wjv.com>, Bill Vermillion wrote:
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>
> IRQs which are essential in multi-tasking OSs have to be set in
> many cases in DOS but ARE NEVER USED as they poll the devices
> instead. I've seen instances of broken interupt HW that works
> in the MS world, but would never work in the *n*x world.
Notably shoddy printer cards. Some of those even have all the support but
miss a single wire from a pin on one chip to a pin on the other.
OS/2 suffered a lot there, too. Same problem.
Back to floppies, I agree with Bill: floppies are bad and best to be
avoided. I've tried formatting and re-formatting when they /nearly/ but
not really failed, and you can even get them to somewhat recover for a
while. But the best remedy is to throw them away at first sign of
trouble. They simply are not worth the effort and frustration. Some
people buy afresh for each (very rare) occasion they need them and
throw them away afterwards.
-- j p d (at) d s b (dot) t u d e l f t (dot) n l .
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