I had 200 brand new floppies. Tried 20 and none passed figure they are all fubar. They just don't make em like they used to. The local LUG gives away toms as party favors so we actually had to go buy some first grade ones.
have fun. Sean Straw / PSE wrote: > 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 > -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com Admiral Penguinista Navy International This ain't California http://www.geekaustin.org Looking for : Female with E10k 512-656-9508
