Hi!
I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up and running, but for now this is what I get on Linux when I put the disk into the USB floppy drive. [14502.458855] usb 3-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 11 using ehci-pci [14502.592376] usb 3-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0409, idProduct=0040 [14502.592381] usb 3-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [14502.592385] usb 3-1.2: Product: NEC USB UF000x [14502.592387] usb 3-1.2: Manufacturer: NEC [14502.594614] usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [14502.594740] usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0: Quirks match for vid 0409 pid 0040: 1 [14502.594802] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-1.2:1.0 [14503.654640] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access NEC USB UF000x 1.60 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [14503.666875] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [14507.558821] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [14507.558827] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [14507.558831] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Cannot read medium - unknown format [14507.622812] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is on [14507.622821] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 46 94 80 [14507.686775] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] No Caching mode page found [14507.686782] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through [14508.134833] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [14508.134842] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] [14508.134847] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Cannot read medium - unknown format [14508.390739] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk [14511.206876] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock [14511.270868] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock [14511.334865] EXT4-fs (sdc): unable to read superblock [14511.398905] FAT-fs (sdc): unable to read boot sector I don't really expect help here. It is just a message to get the understand for why I cannot load FreeDOS onto a floppy at this time. Happy 2017! Userbeitrag. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
