mark <m.roth@...> writes:
>
> 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?
Floppy drives also have a limited lifetime. Are you sure the drive itself
(not the disk) is good?
I also have a bunch of old floppies and try to keep at least one system with
a working floppy drive. I see:
[dave@waste ~]# ls /dev/fd*
/dev/fd@ /dev/fd0u1120 /dev/fd0u1722 /dev/fd0u1840 /dev/fd0u720
/dev/fd0u830
/dev/fd0 /dev/fd0u1440 /dev/fd0u1743 /dev/fd0u1920 /dev/fd0u800
/dev/fd0u1040 /dev/fd0u1680 /dev/fd0u1760 /dev/fd0u360 /dev/fd0u820
[dave@waste ~]# ls -l /dev/floppy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 3 17:17 /dev/floppy -> fd0
[dave@waste ~]# lsmod | grep floppy
floppy 57125 0
on that system and it reads and writes floppies.
Cheers,
Dave
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