At 22:34 2001-12-12 -0500, Hans Deragon wrote: About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 >Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB. >Formatting ... done >Verifying ... read: I/O error > FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue...
Surprise! your disk failed to verify. Has nothing to do with you adding stuff to your image - the floppy didn't pass muster. Try a few more diskettes (media quality can be a factor as well), or perhaps a whole separate system (if you have one at your disposal). Perhaps your floppy drive is iffy. >Its looks like the original distribution ends about just at the right >place and as soon as I add my files, wham; no space? I tried two diskette >with the same result; its probably not the medium. ... it could be the drive (or remotely, the controller chip). I think some older Sony manufactured floppy drives were iffy on extended formats - specifically, anything beyond track 80. [snip - trimmage is good policy] --- Please DO NOT carbon me on list replies. I'll get my copy from the list. Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering Post Box 2395 / San Rafael, CA 94912-2395
