Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On 2017-01-02 02:53, dmccunney wrote: > Take a variable out of the equation. Start with a fresh, new floppy > disk. Don't try to reuse an ancient one that may be failing due to > age. > > Floppies are still made and should be findable. Will do. Takes time. Userbeitrag.

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:48 PM, wrote: > On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote: >>> 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. >> With proper knowledge, I suspect you could. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On 2017-01-01 22:27, dmccunney wrote: >> 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. > With proper knowledge, I suspect you could. I know that this USB floppy drive has worked. I was successfully reading

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 4:15 PM, wrote: > 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

Re: [Freedos-user] OT: USB floppy cannot read medium on modern PC and Linux.

Hi, On Jan 1, 2017 3:16 PM, wrote: > > 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. This may not be quite what you meant, but ... AFAIK, many modern OSes can't use USB floppies