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aNoob
03-19-2004, 08:17 AM
I need some help with this problem.
I was trying to boot my PC ,I think it was a Win98 bootdisk, and I got this message : Disk I/O error
Wow, I said , gotta make another disk , so I did. Same error. Went to buy another FDD drive , same error. Buy a new cable , same stuff.
Check BIOS , everything allright.What should I do , blame what?
What I did so far:
-changed FDD unit
-changed cable
-change floppy disks
-checked BIOS , it boots from A: first option.
- the light works when FDD is queried but it gives an error,disk not formated (this is in WinXP)
-have an error when trying to make a boot disk in Linux
Thx
spizkapa
03-19-2004, 08:26 AM
This is a guess but seeing what you've already eliminated the only thing I can think of is that your mobo's floppy controller may be bust. If that turns out to be the case, you may need to change it which I imagine requires soldering skills.
phlipant
03-19-2004, 08:34 AM
a simple hardware test
a) boot into linux
b) insert fresh floppy
c) run kfloppy, format the disk for dos
d) mount /mnt/floppy
if these steps work, your hardware is ok. if this is the case you might have a corrupt binary image.
aNoob
03-19-2004, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by Hayl
what error in Linux?
I can't remember exactly , but this part was in "...could not write" or something simillar. I have booted with a Slax CD. I'll give a try with the Gentoo CD to see if I can mount/access it .
If mobo is broken then I'm sad, don't want to put any money in this rig since I plan to buy another one.
phlipant
03-19-2004, 09:47 AM
Originally posted by phlipant
a simple hardware test
a) boot into linux
b) insert fresh floppy
c) run kfloppy, format the disk for dos
d) mount /mnt/floppy
if these steps work, your hardware is ok. if this is the case you might have a corrupt binary image.
if this works you can
umount /mnt/floppy
mkbootdisk $(uname -r)
this will make a bootable linux floppy to test with.
get a floppy disk and use it to boot another computer to make sure that the floppy is OK... once you have verified taht the floppy is indeed OK, then try it in the computer you think has the problem... if it fails then it is the computer, if it works then you had a bad disk before when you had the I/O error.
aNoob
03-19-2004, 09:51 AM
Rgr that. I'll do this and let you guys know.
aNoob
03-21-2004, 09:57 AM
Here I come with the testings.
Not a floppy problem,something must be wrong with the controller. I don't get any errors (like FDD failure) but simply it refuses to open anything on the floppy. I had various results for my test and can't be sure what it is.
Any other solution instead of buing an USB floppy? I can boot from USB HHD, USB FDD and USB ZIP on this machine.?
spizkapa
03-21-2004, 10:53 AM
You could even make yourself a boot CD and forget about floppies altogether, if you have a CD writer available.
phlipant
03-21-2004, 11:30 AM
ouch!
aNoob
03-21-2004, 01:40 PM
Originally posted by spizkapa
You could even make yourself a boot CD and forget about floppies altogether, if you have a CD writer available.
Is floppy disk dead ? :D
Seriously , I will make a bootable XP CD, I need to install that CD creator.It pi$$es me off coz this is my wife comp and I fsck it up dunno how. Now she have to use my laptop.Freakin' annoying.