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From: osynw@warp.mhd.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Mtools
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Date: 11 Aug 92 21:27:03 GMT
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In article <5979@pdxgate.UUCP> brians@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Brian Smith) writes:
>I am having difficulty using mtools with any DOS floppy diskette.  I have
>a 3.5" A: drive and a 5.25" B: drive, and I created the rfd[10][a-f]
>devices with the MAKEDEV script.  As root, mdir returns a bunch of read
>errors, when I know that the floppy is good.
>
>Any clues?  I read the FAQ, and the only hint that it had was to create
>the devices.
>
Are you trying to read a 720K floppy in a 1.44 drive?  I *think* this
is not fully supported, as I have a DOS floppy that I can't read with
mdir that DOS can boot fine from.  I am not sure if this also applies
to 360K's in 1.2 drives.

Nate
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