[OT] You want embarrassing? (was "[SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze")

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:11:49 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/25/2011 06:49 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> I have found the culprit: it was a bad floppy disk! The media was >> physically defective and was causing I/O errors. Once I put a good >> floppy in it, everything worked fine.

Re: [OT] You want embarrassing? (was "[SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze")

2011-03-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Stephen Powell put forth on 3/12/2011 8:30 AM: > I have to admit that tops my story. But I think I can do better. > I once tore up the wall of my living room trying to find an > electrical problem, only to discover that the reason that the > electrical outlet wouldn't work was that it was a switc

Re: [OT] You want embarrassing? (was "[SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze")

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:54:02 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Stephen Powell put forth on 3/12/2011 8:30 AM: >> >> I have to admit that tops my story. But I think I can do better. >> I once tore up the wall of my living room trying to find an >> electrical problem, only to discover that the rea