Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 May 2002 16:58:50 +0300 (EEST) | From | Sebastian Szonyi <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.18 floppy driver EATS floppies |
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On Sun, 5 May 2002, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
> Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 14:39:47 +0100 > From: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> > To: Chris Rankin <cj.rankin@ntlworld.com> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paul@paulbristow.net, > chaffee@cs.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.18 floppy driver EATS floppies > > At 14:17 05/05/02, Chris Rankin wrote: > >I am discovering that any floppy disks that I try to use under Linux > >don't last very long. This seems to be true with both my UP and SMP > >machines, neither of which has ever used its floppy drive enough for > >me to believe that the hardware is reaching the end of its life. > > Have you tried cleaning your floppy drive? The fact that you are not using > it bears no relation to the fact that the heads may be dirty... > > Best regards, > > Anton >
I buyed once (a long time ago) a box with 10 floppies. Two died in the first day of use. From the others i still have some today.
I think the quality of the floppies (and other products) today isn't so high :-(
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