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From: dmccunney <den...@gm...> - 2017-01-02 01:53:51
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:48 PM, <use...@ab...> wrote: > On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote: >>> I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the >>> understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at this time. >> With proper knowledge, I suspect you could. > > I know that this USB floppy drive has worked. I was successfully reading > a disk that I needed an image of under Linux. But I also know that a > disk, that had worked in another PC with a classic floppy drive > (connected to the FD port on the motherboard), had the same errors using > the USB floppy drive. > > I don't know. It's prooven that it does work -- sometimes. It's also > prooven that some disks give access errors all the way unter Linux. > Honestly, I have no idea. Take a variable out of the equation. Start with a fresh, new floppy disk. Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to age. Floppies are still made and should be findable. > Userbeitrag. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 |