Linux and 8" diskettes?

From: David Wollmann <dwollmann_at_ibmhelp.com>
Date: Fri Jan 22 01:22:21 1999

I've been thinking about trying to use my Microtech 8" drive unit, which is
attached to a fairly standard FDC, to read IBM 3740-format (Sys/23, Sys/36,
Displaywriter, etc.) diskettes from Linux. I did some reading on 'fdutils' and
found one brief mention of 8" diskettes, but nothing really useful, for obvious
reasons I guess. Has anyone tried this or anything like it on Linux?

A lot of the 8" diskettes I'm getting from customers these days are in poor
shape and the Microtech drivers don't handle hard errors very well. I'm hoping
the Linux driver is a little more persistent and will allow me to recover more
data with less hassle. If only I could read all the bad diskettes on the
Displaywriter--that thing will grind away on a diskette all day if it has to
and rarely fails on a hard error.

I wouldn't normally bother the list with this, but getting Linux installed on
this box is going to be a major project and if it won't work I don't want to
invest the time and money.

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David Wollmann
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Received on Fri Jan 22 1999 - 01:22:21 GMT

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