[Leaplist] Floppy problem in Lenny - Debian-JohnK

[Whit Hansell]

Hey John,
I wondered the same thing to some degree but I've not had a hiccup using 
W95/W98/WXP to read/write to the Sony formatted disks.  I can format 
using any of the above Windows OS's and use them in the Sony camera, 
too.  There isn't any problem at all between the Sony camera and Windows 
OS's and floppies.  I have tried the Sony formatted disks in this WXP 
setup and it works fine but Linux upchucks immediately.  Same w. WXP 
formatted disks.  And I can't even format a DOS format using my Linux 
setup.  It's just hosed as to the floppy setup for some reason.  I'm 
guessing it is the kernel/module setup but of course don't know for 
sure.   I've had no problems with this BIOS at all.  And the mobo is ony 
about a year old and a Sempron chip so it's up to date.

When I've just formatted a couple of disks using WXP and then rebooted 
to Linux and try to read or even re-format, it tells me that it is not a 
DOS floppy or can't find block 0 or some other such nonsense.  It's 
aggravating, darn it.  And that's either using the kfloppy Gui or the CLI.

But thanks for your interest, John.

Whit





John Kramer wrote:
> Hey, I feel your pain - been there! 
> Is it possible that Sony is using a non-standard format on the disk? 
> Can you format disks from your lenny boot and r/w them? Or is it a case of
> any and all floppy activity is a no go?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org] On
> Behalf Of Whit Hansell
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 11:25 AM
> To: This is the Leap Main List
> Subject: Re: [Leaplist] Floppy problem in Lenny - Debian-JohnK
>
> Hi John,
> Yep, I've checked out that the floppy does work, both using various fl 
> disks and actually various drives.  I have three drives around here and 
> they all work fine on the WXP drive I have installed in this box and no 
> problems w. the various floppy disks I have tried; both formatting and 
> with data already on them.  Work like they are supposed to.
>
> But when I try to use any of them, both drives and disks on my Lenny 
> system on another drive on the same system, no joy at all.
>
> But thanks for your interest and recommendation.  I appreciate it.
>
> Whit
>
>
>
> John Kramer wrote:
>   
>> Have you tried booting from the floppy drive with a boot disk? Just as a
>> check of the underlying HW and BIOS. 
>>
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