On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:20:49 +0000, John Nemeth wrote: ... > I believe modern disks are less prone to stiction. However, > the original poster did say these are old disks. The "solution" > is to power it up and "gently" shock it, i.e. lift one end about > an inch and drop it.
It's a bit gentler to pick it up and 'flick' it arond the disk axle. At least that's how I got a disk startet I bought (used) at the flea market many years ago. - Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800
