Subject: Re: Debian Kills Disks Date: Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 03:57:44PM -0700
In reply to:Bob Nielsen Quoting Bob Nielsen([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Floppies are getting even worse. They are not reliable but we can't > > all get a zip or LS120. Debian doesn't overwork them, they just fail. > > I bought 100 new Fuji floppies and 15 out of 100 would not even > > format, on Win95 or Linux! > > I wonder what the track record for zip and LS120 disks is. > > > > > > > Even Debian is refusing to install properly on it, the last semi > > > successful install attempt resulted in a Read Only partial install that > > > won't boot from the hard disk and a floppy boot won't access the hard > > > disk. I believe that Debian has "signed" the boot partition in some way > > > to make the disk(s) unusable. In other words, a software flag or > > > partition id was written to the disk in a way that was not completely > > > correct. How can I correct this? Is there a Hex editor I could use to > > > clear the boot sector of the disk so a new install would work correctly? > > > > > > > I would go to http://toms.net/tomsrtbt and get his 1 floppy Linux system. > > With it you will be able to look at the HD and might be able to figure > > what went west. > > This requires a floppy formatted at 1.7 MB, which will challenge many > floppies which format successfully at 1.44 MB (Linux or DOS). I went > through five "good" floppies before I could install it. > > Bob It only took me 3 of the Fuji's Bob. But I have had no trouble using 'his' fdformat program. Now superformat is yet another story. Wayne -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>