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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!warp.mhd.montana.edu!osynw From: osynw@warp.mhd.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Mtools Message-ID: <1992Aug11.212703.18000@coe.montana.edu> Date: 11 Aug 92 21:27:03 GMT References: <5979@pdxgate.UUCP> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: /usr/local/lib/MYORG Lines: 19 In article <5979@pdxgate.UUCP> brians@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Brian Smith) writes: >I am having difficulty using mtools with any DOS floppy diskette. I have >a 3.5" A: drive and a 5.25" B: drive, and I created the rfd[10][a-f] >devices with the MAKEDEV script. As root, mdir returns a bunch of read >errors, when I know that the floppy is good. > >Any clues? I read the FAQ, and the only hint that it had was to create >the devices. > Are you trying to read a 720K floppy in a 1.44 drive? I *think* this is not fully supported, as I have a DOS floppy that I can't read with mdir that DOS can boot fine from. I am not sure if this also applies to 360K's in 1.2 drives. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. Anyone interested work: (406) 994-5991 | in a used Sys. Admin., with alot of home: (406) 586-0579 | good hacks left?