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From: pvinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra)
Subject: preformatted floppies (was: Upgrading to 2.05A)
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>> > 	If you buy preformatted floppies , you shouldn't format them.
>> > 	They are FreeBSD ready :)
>
>Just noticed this piece of the thread and though I would through in
>the fact that ``preformatted'' does not mean defect free.  Infact 
often
>preformatted DOS floppies full of defects since DOS format cleans them
>up for the mfg. 
>
>By all means, preformatted floppies are NOT FreeBSD ready!!!!  One of
>the common failure modes of installation we have has been tracked down
>to bad floppy disk god only knows how many times!!!


I've had the same problems.  I used BASF preformatted MS-DOS disks that 
were always freaky until I reformatted them.  

Preformatted disks dont save time with FreeBSD!!

Paul