Re: [Freedos-user] OT: US

2017-05-06 Thread DMCCUNNEY 
From: dmccunney 

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:48 PM,   wrote:
> On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote:
>>> I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the
>>> understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at this time.
>> With proper knowledge, I suspect you could.
>
> I know that this USB floppy drive has worked. I was successfully reading
> a disk that I needed an image of under Linux. But I also know that a
> disk, that had worked in another PC with a classic floppy drive
> (connected to the FD port on the motherboard), had the same errors using
> the USB floppy drive.
>
> I don't know. It's prooven that it does work -- sometimes. It's also
> prooven that some disks give access errors all the way unter Linux.
> Honestly, I have no idea.

Take a variable out of the equation.  Start with a fresh, new floppy
disk.  Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to
age.

Floppies are still made and should be findable.

> Userbeitrag.
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Re: [Freedos-user] OT: US

2017-05-06 Thread userbeit...@abwesend.de 
From: userbeit...@abwesend.de

On 2017-01-02 02:53, dmccunney wrote:
> Take a variable out of the equation. Start with a fresh, new floppy
> disk.  Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to
> age.
>
> Floppies are still made and should be findable.

Will do. Takes time.

Userbeitrag.

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Re: [Freedos-user] OT: US

2017-05-06 Thread RUGXULO 
From: Rugxulo 

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Hi,

On Jan 1, 2017 3:16 PM,  wrote:
>
> I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the
> understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at
> this time.

This may not be quite what you meant, but ... AFAIK, many modern OSes can't
use USB floppies by default (unlike FreeDOS) because they don't use the
BIOS.

Of course, I'd be surprised if Linux couldn't, but who knows. I vaguely
remember hearing that Minix 3 couldn't, but Haiku allegedly can because
some developer needed it and implemented it.

Just FYI.

> Happy 2017!

Ditto.

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Hi,
On Jan 1, 2017 3:16 PM, mailto:userbeit...@abwesend.de;>userbeit...@abwesend.de
wrote:

 I dont really expect help here. It is just a message to get the
 understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at
 this time.
This may not be quite what you meant, but ... AFAIK, many modern OSes
cant use USB floppies by default (unlike FreeDOS) because they dont
use the BIOS.
Of course, Id be surprised if Linux couldnt, but who knows. I
vaguely remember hearing that Minix 3 couldnt, but Haiku allegedly can
because some developer needed it and implemented it.
Just FYI.
 Happy 2017!
Ditto.

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