lj@spdcc.COM (Len Jacobs) (09/11/89)
While performing a complete backup on my 3B1 (3.51, 67 MB, 2 megs), the floppy drive stopped recognizing my disks. Neither cpio or tar or the diagnostics floppy manages to get a response from the floppy drive. Is there any known fix besides replacing the drive? What models can be used as replacements? Any suggestions or comments from similar experiences would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Len Jacobs lj@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM
john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) (09/12/89)
In article <4565@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, lj@spdcc.COM (Len Jacobs) writes: > > Is there any known fix besides replacing the drive? What models > can be used as replacements? The drive appears to be a standard, vanilla DSDD-type drive that would be used in an IBM PC/XT (360K). You can pick one up for about $70. That's what mine cost. You might check the cables first. -- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !
mal@PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl) (09/12/89)
In article <4565@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> lj@spdcc.COM (Len Jacobs) writes: > >While performing a complete backup on my 3B1 (3.51, 67 MB, 2 megs), >the floppy drive stopped recognizing my disks ... Please don't get as angry at this suggestion as I did when it was made to me. My circumstances were identical, and when I called a more pc-oriented (my background is all in machines that seldom use floppies) friend for advice, he asked me when I'd last cleaned the drive .... One tantrum, a $7 cleaning kit from Radio Shark, and a couple of cleanings later, I was back in business. No trouble since. -- = Martin Anders Lodahl Pac*Bell Minicomputer Ops Support Staff = = {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyf!mal 916/972-4821 = = If it's good for ancient Druids, runnin' nekkid through the wuids, = = Drinkin' strange fermented fluids, it's good enough for me!! 8-)} =
lii@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (louis.i.ingwersen) (09/12/89)
In article <4565@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> lj@spdcc.COM (Len Jacobs) writes: > >While performing a complete backup on my 3B1 (3.51, 67 MB, 2 megs), >the floppy drive stopped recognizing my disks. > >Is there any known fix besides replacing the drive? What models >can be used as replacements? > I replaced my old 5 1/4" floppy drive with a TEAC FD-35FN 3 1/2" 800 K formated floppy disk. It works pretty good for me. You just can't use the floppy disks with a data transfer speed of 500 K-bits/sec. It must be 250 K-bits/sec. for a direct replacement. Lou Ingwersen IH-6K-330 ihlpf!lii AT&T Bell Laboratories
upl@puff.cs.wisc.edu (Future Unix Gurus) (09/13/89)
In article <3531@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: >The drive appears to be a standard, vanilla DSDD-type drive that would >be used in an IBM PC/XT (360K). You can pick one up for about $70. >That's what mine cost. You might check the cables first. > John Higdon I realize that this question is old, but how easy is it for someone to replace the 360k 5.25" drive with a 720k 3.5" drive. I've already found a drive source that will sell me the drive. I want to know the steps to installing this thing. A) is there a particular "kind" of drive that I have to get (i.e. XT compatible, AT compatible, etc) B) is going to a 720k 3.5" drive just a simple procedure of unplug one and plug in the other (I suspect not) if not what do I have to do? What's that going to cost? C) those of you who have done this, please answer any other questions that I haven't thought of, but you would answer based on your experience of trying and/or succeeding at this upgrade. Thanks!! - sparkie p.s. please e-mail responses to the following address and not to the one listed above: ___ ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ ___ / __\| . \/ . \| . \| |/ /|_|| _ | \___\| __/| || _ /| < | || _[ sparkie@uhura.cs.wisc.edu \___/|_| |_|_||_|\\|_|\_\|_||___|