I'm not sure what brand of floppyt drive I have; it came with my vintage-1998 Dell (P2/350). Does this help?
I have a 1992-era 486 with a Teac floppy drive, but that's what I was hoping to run Linux on. I could try the DOS install method with that, I suppose. --Robert > I don't know if this applies to you but there are some floppy drives > that don't support floppy formats over 1.44. I have a Toshiba Tecra with > an external floppy drive and it failed trying to create the 1.7 floppy. > I tried several disks and it finally worked when I tried it on another > brand machine. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Robert A. Book > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tomsrtbt] FAILED compare error > > > I've downloaded tomsrtbt-1.7.361.tar.gz and tried to make the floppy > with "./install.s" I get the error: > > About to verify floppy image > cmp: EOF on tomsrtbt.raw > FAILED compare error Enter to continue... > > A brief search of the mailing list archives seems to show this is a > common problem, the most likely culprit being a bad floppy. > > Now, I've tried this with FOUR floppies -- all brand-new, three Imation > and one Fuji. This is all I have at the moment (except old Prodigy and > AOL free-in-the-mail floppies) , so if I'm going to have to run out and > buy a box of floppies, can someone tell me a brand which works > consistently? Someone mentioned that old Microsoft install disks work, > but I don't think I have any handy. > > I might try the CD-R option, but one of the systems I want to use this > on doesn't support CD booting. > > Thanks! > > --Robert > > ========================================================================== Feb 6: Happy Birthday, President Reagan!
