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From: nall@nu.cs.fsu.edu (John Nall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Read/write of 1.44 mb disks
Keywords: minix,1.44
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Date: 28 Dec 89 16:10:45 GMT
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Reply-To: nall@nu.cs.fsu.edu (John Nall)
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OK, I give up.  In Minix 1.5.0, floppy.c has a comment line
which says that it supports 1.44 mb floppy disks.  But I have
a problem reading them after I write them, and suspect that
the driver is not really writing (or perhaps not reading, or
both) an 18-sector track.

I am just doing a mkfs /dev/at1 1400 and then doing a
                  mount /dev/at1 /user

Anything that I'm doing wrong (yes, I have RTFM'd everywhere
that seems obvious).

Thanks for any help.

Humbly,



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John Nall                              Internet:  nall@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Computer Science Department            Florida State University
    "Today, a Moon Moth -- tomorrow, a Sea Dragon Conquerer!!"