Hi Alain,
I guess the drive was faulty is some odd way that didn't matter to MSDOS but which did to Linux, as after checking the cable (which was fine) I swapped the drive for another one which works ok.
Sometimes it takes somebody else to tell you what you don't want to hear before you believe it!
Many thanks for your help, David.
On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 23:52, Alain Knaff wrote:
On Friday 01 April 2005 23:26, David Carter-Hitchin wrote:
Hi There,
I really hope someone can help me get my 5.25" floppy drive working (/dev/fd1). I am stuck with "Input/output error" and similar messages. Here is my system (Redhat Fedora 2):
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Not sure what other information I should supply. I have been trying to get this to work for a long time, and am feeling a little insane now with this problem. My 3.5" floppy drive (/dev/fd0) works fine, so the controller is ok, I guess.
Anyone got any clues which may help me? Are there some cunning kernel options I can try (building or booting with)? Or perhaps there is something wrong with my devices (I have tried remaking them with the MAKEFLOPPIES script).
Many thanks, David.
Could be the drive is bad. Or it could be the cable: can you check whether its oriented correctly (red wire near power connector), and inserted completely? It's surprising how many problems are due to connectivity issues (especially on those older drives that don't have any cable guides...)
Regards,
Alain
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