On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 08:38:07PM +0530, Manoj Victor Mathew wrote:
> But I recommend against using higher than normal capacities if you want
> to share data between computers, and certainly not for backup.
BTW, mtools supports most of the higher-capacity formatting, and I was able
to transfer data on my 2.1MB floppy (while it lasted) between 2 linux
machines.
Again on Jan 20, 2000 at 07:56, Manoj wrote:
> But will be floppy get 'damaged'?
I dont know why it happens but it does happen. Maybe the more enlightened
can inform us. I tried every possible way of recovery including running a
magnet over the floppy (and accessing from both DOS and linux).
--vml,
Cochin
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