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PLI External SCSI Floppy Drive format boot block extends beyond front porch
PLI External SCSI Floppy Drive format boot block extends beyond front porch
'''Q: When I try to format a floppy disk with my external SCSI floppy drive, it fails and shows an alert panel that says "Cannot initialize disk. See console for errors." In the console I see this message if it is a new unformatted disk:'''
Q: When I try to format a floppy disk with my external SCSI floppy drive, it fails and shows an alert panel that says "Cannot initialize disk. See console for errors." In the console I see this message if it is a new unformatted disk:
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/usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a
/usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a
Target 5: MEDIA ERROR; block 0H retry 1
Target 5: MEDIA ERROR; block 0H retry 1
SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label)
SCSI Block in error = 0 (no valid label)
Read of sector 0 failed
Read of sector 0 failed
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If the disk have been formatted and you try to re-initialize the disk, you will see this message in the console:
If the disk have been formatted and you try to re-initialize the disk, you will see this message in the console:
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/usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a
/usr/etc/disk -i -h localhost -l "UntitledDisk" /dev/rsd1a
disk name: PLI SUPER FLOPPY
disk name: PLI SUPER FLOPPY
writing disk label
writing disk label
boot block extends beyond front porch
boot block extends beyond front porch
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How can I initialize floppy disks.
How can I initialize floppy disks.
This assumes your external [[SCSI]] floppy drive is at sd1.
You must be logged in as, or su'd to root.
You must be logged in as, or su'd to root.
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localhost:18# sdform /dev/rsd1a
localhost:18# sdform /dev/rsd1a
device = /dev/rsd1a block size = 512 capacity = 1 MBytes
device = /dev/rsd1a block size = 512 capacity = 1 MBytes
disk type: removable_rw_scsi
disk type: removable_rw_scsi
localhost:22#
localhost:22#
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Valid: 3.1, 3.2 68K.
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