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From: nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Floppy drive not working
Keywords: pc, msdos, minix, disk
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Date: 25 Jun 91 22:17:04 GMT
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In article <9117614.22163@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> djk@cs.mu.OZ.AU (David Keegel) writes:
>nall@sun8.scri.fsu.edu (John Nall) writes:
>]     Minix eats 1.2 meg floppy drives.  I ruined two different
>
>Is there anything I can do about the drive apart from taking it back
>to the manufacturer? And if so, what can I tell them is wrong with it?

	(Sorry David...I answered the wrong question on the
	e-mail you sent, so I'll try again, but this time I'll
	just put it on the net).

	When my second drive got clobbered, I got suspicious,
	and got an electronic-tech friend of mine to look at it.
	He found that the drive speed was wrong and he COULD NOT
	GET IT TO ADJUST RIGHT.  He didn't understand that, nor
	did I.  Also, he found that the head was out of alignment.
	He told me that he could not fix the drive short of completely
	replacing a lot of stuff.

	I'm not a hardware person, so can't tell you anything other
	than pass on what my friend said to me.  

	So far as will Shoelace do the same thing, if you listen to
	the sound your drive makes with the standard boot disk and
	with Shoelace, when booting up, it is quite different.  So
	I am *assuming* that Shoelace is not evil.  But someone else
	might be able to clarify that.  



	


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