Hello, Previously, I just typed in the following:
--- cut --- [501] [snoopy:bam] ~ >superformat /dev/fd0 Measuring drive 0's raw capacity In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future, add the following line to /etc/driveprm: drive0: deviation=142074 CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller. Not enough raw space on this disk for this format --- cut --- but on potato it doesn't work. So I tried (from the man page): --- cut --- [502] [snoopy:bam] ~ >superformat /dev/fd0 hd Measuring drive 0's raw capacity In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future, add the following line to /etc/driveprm: drive0: deviation=141434 CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller. Not enough raw space on this disk for this format --- cut --- and --- cut --- [503] [snoopy:bam] ~ >superformat /dev/fd0u1440 Measuring drive 0's raw capacity In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future, add the following line to /etc/driveprm: drive0: deviation=141114 CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be removed before installing a new drive 0 or floppy controller. Not enough raw space on this disk for this format --- cut --- nothing works :-( So, some questions: a) why is the suggested value of deviation different each time? Which one should I use? What is the deviation? b) why can't a format a disk? Is this because: - the disk is faulty (I don't think it gets as far as writing to the disk...). - the disk drive is faulty? - superformat is faulty and needs replacement? Perhaps superformat has the wrong configuration for the diskdrive? I couldn't find any config files though... - the operator is faulty and needs replacement? The disk drive is a standard 14.4kbps drive. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>