[comp.unix.xenix] killed floppy, what went wrong?

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.

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