| From: | John Marchant |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2001 at 03:07:31 |
| Subject: | Re: Floppy read error |
Hi Steve. In a message on 26-Apr-01 18:51:19, you wrote:
>can use the same disk for months with no problems at
>all when out of the blue I get the message:
><volume>
>has a read error on disk block 256
>Any clues?
Yes. Floppies don't last for ever, and yours is worn out.
I once saw a floppy with a circular 'slot' where the magnetic
coating was totally worn away. That disk held an access keyfile,
and was supposed to be removed once the system was booted up: but
the operator simply left it in 24/7/365. He called me in because
his access code "wasn't accepted" :-)
John
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