Floppy Access Goes Nowhere
Kurt Wall
kwall
Mon May 17 11:49:03 PDT 2004
Quoth Ted Ozolins:
> Kurt Wall wrote:
> >Quoth Kurt Wall:
> >
> >>I don't think I have a broken disk change line, but it couldn't hurt
> >>to give it a shot.
> >
> >
> >Nope. I reckon the controller's shot. From fdformat
> ># fdformat /dev/fd0h1440
> >Problem reading cylinder 0, expected 18432, read -1
> >
> >Thanks anyway.
> >
> >Kurt
> I know this might be a long shot but, have you tried booting off of that
> floppy? something like memtest or an install disk?
Yup. No dice. Tomorrow I might head and get a controller. I was
also thinking a USB floppy would be fun. Who know - I've gotten
this far without the floppy drive...
Kurt
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