weird prob with floppies

AliasXZ · 23 January 2008, 15:29

Hey

Got a weird problem here

I try to format a floppy with "format a: /t:80 /n:9" to format it as a 720K, it gets to 5% then says device busy and fails...

I just bought a new pack of floppies so it isnt them, ive tried 4 diff floppy drives, which all worked before...

These are 2HD disks, but that shouldnt make a diff should it?

Cheers for any help

Graham Humphrey · 23 January 2008, 15:30

Possibly... try covering the hole with sellotape or something like that and try again.

AliasXZ · 23 January 2008, 16:11

tried that, it hangs my system up completely... then bombs out with "device is busy"

AliasXZ · 23 January 2008, 16:29

ok... apparently you cover the non-tabbed side with tape, then format it in the amiga, but you format pc0 not df0, after mounting pc0 and inserting the disk, all it says is "df0???" am i doing something wrong?

EDIT
woooo after days of strugglng i finally solved it:

Incase anyone else has this problem:

Used an old Amiga floppy, iformatted pc0 with command "format drive pc0: name empty"

then it works in pc and amiga

*whdload time*

ppill · 23 January 2008, 18:39

Now I remember...

PC drives struggle with Amiga-formatted disks. They just can't find the first sector and give up. It's best to use new pre-formatted floppies and tape over the hole like Graham suggested.

Still weird that it can't get pass 5%.

23 January 2008, 15:29	#1
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	weird prob with floppies Hey Got a weird problem here I try to format a floppy with "format a: /t:80 /n:9" to format it as a 720K, it gets to 5% then says device busy and fails... I just bought a new pack of floppies so it isnt them, ive tried 4 diff floppy drives, which all worked before... These are 2HD disks, but that shouldnt make a diff should it? Cheers for any help

23 January 2008, 16:29	#4
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	ok... apparently you cover the non-tabbed side with tape, then format it in the amiga, but you format pc0 not df0, after mounting pc0 and inserting the disk, all it says is "df0???" am i doing something wrong? EDIT woooo after days of strugglng i finally solved it: Incase anyone else has this problem: Used an old Amiga floppy, iformatted pc0 with command "format drive pc0: name empty" then it works in pc and amiga whdload time Last edited by AliasXZ; 23 January 2008 at 17:29.

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23 January 2008, 15:30	#2
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Possibly... try covering the hole with sellotape or something like that and try again.

23 January 2008, 16:11	#3
AliasXZ Guru meditator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England, Huddersfield Age: 39 Posts: 166	tried that, it hangs my system up completely... then bombs out with "device is busy"

23 January 2008, 18:39	#5
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	Now I remember... PC drives struggle with Amiga-formatted disks. They just can't find the first sector and give up. It's best to use new pre-formatted floppies and tape over the hole like Graham suggested. Still weird that it can't get pass 5%.

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