> Yeah, Linux can read these floppies. You may need to access /dev/fd0H1740
> instead of /dev/fd0 and format them with superformat from the lastest
> fdutils.
This reminds me of a problem I have with superformat (fdutils 4.3, freshly
recompiled under kernel 2.0.13).
I've not been able to format anything.
shalott:~# superformat -d /dev/fd0 -s 18
Verifying track 0, head 0 read: I/O error
read: I/O error
remaining -1
Verifying track 0, head 1 read: I/O error
read: I/O error
remaining -1
Verifying track 0, head 0 read: I/O error
read: I/O error
remaining -1
[here I took out the floppy]
Verifying track 0, head 1 read: I/O error
read: I/O error
remaining -1
shalott:~# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
Formatting ... done
Verifying ... done
shalott:~#
------- /var/log/syslog:
Aug 21 20:53:58 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 16
Aug 21 20:54:00 shalott kernel: floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 1, sector 1, size 2
Aug 21 20:54:00 shalott kernel: floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 1, sector 1, size 2
Aug 21 20:54:00 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 18
Aug 21 20:54:01 shalott kernel: floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 1, sector 3, size 2
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 1, sector 3, size 2
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 20
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk removed during i/o
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 22
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 24
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 26
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 28
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 30
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 32
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
Aug 21 20:54:02 shalott kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 34
All The Best,
Marco
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(bill@microsoft.com).