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From: David Lawyer <bf347@lafn.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Monday, August 03, 1998 10:03 AM
Subject: Does linux support 8-sector floppies?
>
>
> Please reply to me directly. I'm doing more than my share by
writing
> HOWTO's on the serial port, etc.
>
> I tried to read an 8-sector 5 1/4" floppy using kernel 2.0.34 and
got
> errors like:
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:01, sector 8
> I also got errors for every 9th sector:17, 26. My drive works fine
on
> 9-sector floppies. The original IBM PC used 8-sector floppies but
soon
> changed to 9-sector ones. I got the error while using tar, "most
> /dev/fd1", etc.
>
> Is this a bug or does Linux just not support 8-sector floppies?
> Or is something wrong with my floppy drive?
>
>
>
>
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