Darac Marjal writes:
> You could try a disk-benchmarking program such as bonnie++.
> Alternatively, use dd with alternating seek= parameters to write to the
> start/end/start/end/... of the disk.
Both sound like good ideas. I will try dd first since it
is at hand and see if the mechanism frees up or just gets stuck.
I bet it has been over ten years since this drive ever saw a
floppy.
Thank you.
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