From: jef knoors (jknoors@zonnet.nl)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 21:30:15 CEST
My way to handle this disk's is to format them with a DOS-programm, wich can
restore (all ) the errors, then reboot and fill it with penguins.
Somehow format in lunix isn't quit the same as in DOS.
So don't trow away that disk before you try. I even have a old 8088 machine
wich formats disks that report "unrecoverable damage" under DOS/Windoze and
makes them useable again.
Jef
* - Truth is a compelling concept - *
----- Original Message -----
From: winsor <winsor@wi.net>
To: <mulinux@sunsite.auc.dk>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [mu SETUP]
> This is a quite common problem:(
> I'd think that the floppy has errors.
> Best bet would be to attempt to make a new floppy set.
> I know that I've bought boxes of floppies in which EVERY disk(100) in
> the box has bad sectors.
> As reported by "rawrite".
> And these were/are disks made(or labeled by) by prominant companies not
> bargain basement cheapies.
> Unfortunately it costs more to try to get the disks replaced by the
> manufacturer, than to just
> trash them and buy new ones.(or save them for non critical data)
> This isn't even noticed when using the disks for everyday use under
> windoze.....but Linux sure pitches a stink about it when trying to
> "shoehorn" 1.72 Megs on em.8^P
>
> signed
> winsor
>
>
> "A.Parvaresh" wrote:
>
> > Dear users,
> > I have installed muLinux and also clone.
> > But when clone needs a disk for installation and
> > I will insert the disk, it always give me a same error
> > on sector 19&20 of my disk.
> > I don't know what's wrong with it:(
> > If you could please help me.
> > Thanks.
> >
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