[OT] You want embarrassing? (was [SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze)

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:11:49 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/25/2011 06:49 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: ... I have found the culprit: it was a bad floppy disk! The media was physically defective and was causing I/O errors. Once I put a good floppy in it, everything worked fine. How

Re: [OT] You want embarrassing? (was [SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze)

2011-03-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Stephen Powell put forth on 3/12/2011 8:30 AM: I have to admit that tops my story. But I think I can do better. I once tore up the wall of my living room trying to find an electrical problem, only to discover that the reason that the electrical outlet wouldn't work was that it was a switched

Re: [OT] You want embarrassing? (was [SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze)

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:54:02 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Stephen Powell put forth on 3/12/2011 8:30 AM: I have to admit that tops my story. But I think I can do better. I once tore up the wall of my living room trying to find an electrical problem, only to discover that the reason that