mcf@statware.UUCP (Mathieu Federspiel) (09/16/89)
My floppy drive stopped working under Xenix. Current symptoms are that I can intermittently read a floppy, but can never write. Tar and cpio report write errors; format reports drive not ready, please close the door. I can read and write floppies when DOS is booted. I have tried a new drive, new controller, booting from xenix.old, and restoring device files from backups. Problem began when a user was writing floppies with cpio under Xenix, and attemped to load and run Lotus under VPIX. She admits not reading the manual regarding DOS programs under VPIX. Any help would be appreciated, including ideas about what I might try next. -- Mathieu Federspiel mcf%statware.uucp@cs.orst.edu Statware {hp-pcd,tektronix}!orstcs!statware!mcf 260 SW Madison Avenue, Suite 109 503-753-5382 Corvallis OR 97333 USA