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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL3-21fd.zip download problem
  • Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:22:48 +0000

Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I also have a floppy drive on a desktop that keeps telling
> me there are bad sectors on every disk. Another computer
> formats them 100%. Should I change the first drive to
> another?

I would.

> I cannot replace the drive in this laptop, can I?

Perhaps.

> At least not without buying a new one.

I thought you had several dead laptops. If you are lucky
you might find one with a floppy drive you can use. The
problem with laptops is they are not easy to fix. Getting
at some components can be fiendishly difficult. It's not
worth killing a working laptop trying to install a new FD.

> software test for alignment?

Superformat (Linux) gives you an alignment reading when it
formats floppies. I think it is available in Slackware.

> I got it working without that by typing cd /etc/pcmcia
> and then start. I don't see a PCMCIA line in /etc/rc in
> BL3-floppy.

BL3-floppy runs in a ramdisk, so editing /etc/rc is pointless
until you install it to HD. IIRC install-to-hd creates an
/etc/rc that includes the PCMCIA line.

Cheers,
Steven






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