Hi,
I have tried a new Samsung USB floppy drive with RH 8 and RH 9 and
it is not working: when I access it (e.g., reading I do with
dd if=/dev/sda) the floppy starts rotating, but at the end it says
that it cannot open /dev/sda. This is what I get when plugging
in the drive with a preformatted floppy in it:
Sep 4 19:57:09 cherry kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:0e.2-1, assigned address 6
Sep 4 19:57:12 cherry /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product
55d/2020/210
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive.
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed.
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB.
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry kernel: unable to read partition table
Sep 4 19:57:17 cherry devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
Is there anything I do wrong or is my drive just defect?
Thanks,
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