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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: rthomasii@aol.com (RThomasii) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FDFORMAT Date: 3 Oct 1996 13:10:13 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <530s1l$aoh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: rthomasii@aol.com (RThomasii) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com While trying to format a 1.22m floppy (FDFORMAT /dev/fd0a) disk I receive the messages: fdc0: input ready timeout fdc0: hard error reading fsbn 612 of 612-615 (no status) fdc0: ready for output in input It seem to happen on any diskette used. (so its not a bad disk). Has anyone else resolved this error ??