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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:40:11 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.25" Floppy disk drive not recognized
Message-ID:  <20200814214011.0f975fd5.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <4db32149-6ddb-e70f-c36a-a2acc8bc0e9c@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:14:05 -0700, Don Wilde wrote:
> It's still in the GENERIC kernel configuration. Disk Doctors, if you 
> have one local, should be able to tell you whether the diskette itself 
> is readable and formatted.

A still working DOS PC will do so, too, if it's a DOS (FAT) disk.
Use a C64 or a C32 if it belongs to a different platform. :-)

(Yes, I'm saying this as a living museum.)


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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