8 Apr
2013
8 Apr
'13
12:22 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Apr 2013, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:29:14 -0400 mark wrote:
At any rate, I just tried mformat a:, and it tells me that it can't open /dev/fd0: No such device or address.
ls -l /dev/fd?
What do you see?
It's been years since I used floppies on a linux system; but when I still hada 3.5 inch drive, I recall that I first had to put a floppy in, then do a mount command.
I realize that the contributors on this thread, as well as the originator, may take this is a given, but in the event this hasn't been done, and it's a way to get the disk readable (I haven't seen it mentioned yet as possible solution).
My two cents,
MP pyz@brama.com