Re: [ECOS] floppy access in cygwin

["A Roturier" <roturier at hotmail dot com>]

hi,

i had formatted the disc and copied a few files onto it to make
sure the floppy was ok before i issued "dd" command. and i m
certain there's no other process occupying the floppy drive.
btw, i am using windosw me and might it be the origin of the
problem? :p

anyway, i'll try cygwin list. thanx Jonathan and Lewin!

kc

> >
> > $ dd conv=sync if=redboot.bin of=/dev/fd0
> > dd: /dev/fd0: No such file or directory
> >
> > this command takes about 8 seconds to execute before error
> > message is printed. and the light of floppy drive is on for
> > a while. i have checked the floppy and media and they work
> > fine in windows.
> >
> > any idea? thanks for help.
>
>I know it seems obvious, but is the floppy write protected? Also you should
>probably try to do a low level format of it first from within Windows. If
>this works let me know and I'll update the docs. If it doesn't, the next
>port of call is probably the cygwin@cygwin.com list.
>
>Jifl

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