From: Michele Andreoli (m.andreoli@tin.it)
Date: Wed Dec 15 1999 - 21:55:50 CET
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 09:49:08AM -0600, jeremy@visi.com nicely wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 03:16:31PM +0000, Stephen Isard wrote:
> > Ok, thanks, I'll peer inside (but why does the dirt affect just this
> > particular operation....?)
>
> That would most likely be because working on 1.7 mb floppies requires
> greater precision than working on 1.44 mb floppies. There is less
> margin for error, basically. So, the X% loss of precision isn't
> enough to hose the 1.44 operations, but is enough to screw up
> the 1.7 mb ops.
>
> I'll also suggest my voodoo solution of reseating the floppy drive
> cable. Once upon a time, it fixed a problem for me. *shrug*
>
> Good Luck!
>
Anycase, there is a possibility to build 1.44 muLinux: please, check
"mu -i", select 1440 floppies and report to us.
Michele
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