Re: floppy drives

[mark <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/07/13 16:22, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:18:29 -0400
> mark wrote:
>
>> All of 'em are old DOS. Just tried mdir a:, and the same: can't open,
>> can't initials A:. I really doubt the drives themselves are dead, but....
>
> Floppy disks have a finite usable life.  Depending on where and how you have
> been storing them, they may be shot.
>
Yeah, but.... I tried three of 'em, three different OEM, and three ages, 
and they all give me fdisk saying it's not a valid block device.

Is it possibly that there's some driver missing?

	mark

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