From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6...@twc.com> > I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I > just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before > 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up > and running, but for now this is what I get on Linux when I put the disk > into the USB floppy drive.
> [14502.458855] usb 3-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci > [14502.592376] usb 3-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0409, > idProduct=0040 > [14502.592381] usb 3-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, > SerialNumber=0 > [14502.592385] usb 3-1.2: Product: NEC USB UF000x > [14502.592387] usb 3-1.2: Manufacturer: NEC > [14502.594614] usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > [14502.594740] usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0: Quirks match for vid 0409 pid 0040: 1 > [14502.594802] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0 > [14503.654640] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access NEC USB UF000x 1.60 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS > [14503.666875] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > [14507.558821] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: > hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [14507.558827] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] > [14507.558831] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Cannot read medium - > unknown format > [14507.622812] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is on > [14507.622821] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 46 94 80 > [14507.686775] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found > [14507.686782] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through > [14508.134833] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: > hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE > [14508.134842] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] > [14508.134847] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Cannot read medium - > unknown format > [14508.390739] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk > [14511.206876] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock > [14511.270868] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock > [14511.334865] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock > [14511.398905] FAT-fs (sdc): unable to read boot sector > 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. > Happy 2017! > Userbeitrag. I never had a USB floppy drive but have experience with regular floppy drives, 3.5" and 5.25". In the later years, I had great trouble with floppy drives. Ability to write was lost before the ability to read. 5.25" floppies seemed to have better shelf life than 3.5". FreeDOS did better than Linux with floppy drives, and Linux did better than FreeBSD or NetBSD. Error messages you got with that floppy disk were roughly consistent with what I would get with floppies from 1995 and thereabouts. Even floppies that I had never used proved unusable. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Internet Rex 2.29 * Origin: capcity2.synchro.net - 502/875-8938 (1:2320/105.99) --- * BgNet 1.0b12 = CCO * KY/US * 502/875-8938 * capcity2.synchro.net --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux ListGate 1.3 * Capitol City Online - Frankfort, KY - telnet://capitolcityonline.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
