I was wondering if anyone else has issues with fdformat. I seem to break fdd's 
using it

This is the warning in the FAQ from http://www.toms.net/rb/ about what it can 
do. 
        "Virtually all 1.44 drives support 1.722 just fine, but it is possible for
an extended format to break a floppy drive, use tomsrtbt at your own risk."

Here is the output of fdformat using a brand new Verbatim MF 2HD Floppy {
[root@amd root]# fdformat /dev/fd0u1722
Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB.
Formatting ... done
Verifying ... Read: : Input/output error
Problem reading cylinder 80, expected 21504, read -1" }

So my question is is there a specific brand anyone could recommend that 
doesn't break when used with fdformat? Or am I doing something wrong ?

Platform is RH7.3 with a MSI MB not sure off fdd brand.

-- 
James McDonald
Systems Engineer

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