> > I wrote too soon. The problem did recur. > bash-2.01$ superformat -v 1 -d /dev/fd0 && fdmount && cp -a /var/tmp/fd0/* > /fd0 && fdumount && sync > .............................format: Cannot allocate memory > The errors reported to /var/adm/messages look like > floppy0: data CRC error: track 52, head 1, sector 16, size 2 > floppy0: data CRC error: track 52, head 1, sector 16, size 2 > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 1905 > > Any suggestions what might be going on?
Well, isn't this a classic example of a bad floppy disk? I agree that the "Cannot allocate memory" error looks somewhat strange, but it _could_ be memory on the floppydisk? Anyway, I'd go for another floppy disk. (Note that I don't trust the Linux floppy disk driver very much, it seems to create more errors (read and write) than the DOS one. But then I don't know for sure, as I don't know floppies very much, and DOS even less). -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potentially offensive files, part 5: /dev/random. `head -c 4 /dev/random` may print 4-letter words (once every approx 4e8 tries). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
