7 Apr
2013
7 Apr
'13
10:43 p.m.
On 04/07/13 16:22, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:18:29 -0400 mark wrote:
All of 'em are old DOS. Just tried mdir a:, and the same: can't open, can't initials A:. I really doubt the drives themselves are dead, but....
Floppy disks have a finite usable life. Depending on where and how you have been storing them, they may be shot.
Yeah, but.... I tried three of 'em, three different OEM, and three ages, and they all give me fdisk saying it's not a valid block device.
Is it possibly that there's some driver missing?
mark
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