On 03/12/09 16:28, ael wrote: > >> I tested both fdformat and superformat (from fdutils 5.5-20060227-3, >> and then also from 20081027) with kernel 2.6.32-rc6 and on Kubuntu >> 9.04, and both worked fine. Could it be a bad drive or a bad disk? > > No. I have used several known good discs and on several (4 actually) > machines with known good drives. And I can format the same discs on an > old redhat machine. So I am convinced that it isn't hardware: media or > drive. Also I can read and write onto previously formatted discs (with > file systems), so again that make drive problems unlikely. > > I said (but forgot later) in one of my first reports that a member of my > local LUG had tested on Gentoo and had no problems with the same kernel. > > It seems to be something specific to Debian which is extremely odd, > given you have tested on ubuntu. > > ael
This is indeed odd. If I'll find time next week, I'll set up my machine with the floppy drive with Debian testing... Btw, did you get around to check the /etc/driveprm (or /usr/local/etc/driveprm file) to make sure nothing fishy is in there? Regards, Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
