[Leaplist] Floppy problem in Lenny - Debian-Cecil

[Whit Hansell]

Hmmmm....
Not yet.   I'll try it now.  I don't have the latest Knoppix yet but am 
on my way.

Thanks.
Whit

Cecil Hornbaker wrote:
> Whit,
>
> Have you tried booting with a recent debian based live cd (knoppix,
> ubuntu, etc) to see if it can access the drive?  This is a technique
> I've used to troubleshoot X Window configuration problems.
>
> Cecil
>
> On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 13:05 -0400, Whit Hansell wrote:
>   
>> 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. 
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org [mailto:leaplist-bounces at leap-cf.org]
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