

$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdc -t vfatĮrror mounting /dev/sdc: GDBus.Error. As it is recognized by all OSes with no problem but just do not want to read floppies.Īlso udisks generates same error. I’m starting to feel that it’s the actual drive problem. It will not fulfill my project (as I need a modern PC) but at last I will test if this drive works.ĮDIT: Knoppix 8.2 w/ 4.16.5 kernel gives me exact same errors. What if I test some very old Knoppix? Those days floppies were still around. And I need USB as non of my computers (even servers) do not have floppy connection (it wasn’t ATA as I recall but still I only have SATA and SAS connectors). I read a lot here and there and most Linux programs do not support USB drives. (For head cleaning, refer to page 17.I bought a new, unsealed pack of FDDs. Clean the disk drive heads, and try the.If you are formatting or saving, insert a different disk and try again.Re-insert the disk and try the operation again.This message means the data being read off the disk is bad.ĭO NOT PUT ANOTHER GOOD DISK INTO YOUR DRIVE UNTILĪlthough it is very unlikely, it is possible that the disk drive has gone badĪnd the drive itself has damaged the disk. Things to check: Disk Mode Error Messages & Possible Causes Message If you try to access a floppy in your 01 and get an error message, here are some 01/W Disk Topics: Information on many disk-related.The floppy disk is new and works in my laptop.

Basically I have lost the use of floppy drive which is a bit worrying. If you insert a disk it asks you to format it, but it wont let you. 01/W Disk Mode: About the options available when It says this even when there is no disk in the drive.Other disk drive related pages on this site are: If you are really unlucky, the drive will have to be replaced. Try, especially if your 01 has been in smokey places.

If things look worse than that, cleaning the drive heads is a good thing to In the simplest case, you may have tried to read one type of disk using the wrong From that you should be able to get an idea of what the problem might be. Rev: 2020Jun05p0936 Abbreviations on this pageīefore doing anything, look up any error messages you see in the Error tableīelow. 01/W Floppy Disk Drive Repairs Disk Drive Topics
