Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 07:10:30 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: "User Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.25" Floppy disk drive not recognized Message-ID: <20200814071030.3f319e5a@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20200814101021.c71f6c23768a5bef685739fe@sohara.org> References: <46FFA8F9-90AA-42DE-8E8B-CA4383CA7AC6@kukulies.org> <20200814101021.c71f6c23768a5bef685739fe@sohara.org>
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--Sig_/VrlVDco2nxPl5wLDnWouN/i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:10:21 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith stated: >On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:42:34 +0200 >Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> wrote: > >> I=E2=80=99m trying to access a 5.25=E2=80=9C floppy disk drive if anyone= here knowing >> what a =E2=80=9Efloppy=E2=80=9C disk drive is. :) =20 > > The last time I used one of those with FreeBSD I installed from >it, back then it just worked of course. I actually had a friend who needed to copy some very old (obviously) data off of a few 5.25" or 3.5" disks. I don't remember off hand which. Anyway, he puirchasded a USB floppy drive (they are very cheap) and plugged it into the system. I should probably add at this point that he was using a Win 10 system. In any case, they system recognized the drive and set it up automatically. My friend then proceeded to copy the files to the HD. Problem solved, almost. Apparently, not all of the data was readable off of the disks, they were well over 10 years old. I believe he was going to try and run SpinRite on the damaged drives and see if it could recover any data. I have no idea if he ever did, or if it succeeded. In any case, you might find that solution acceptable. --=20 Jerry --Sig_/VrlVDco2nxPl5wLDnWouN/i Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEIQb/tTwl6I1ueEVtOHMGOIfexWQFAl82cScACgkQOHMGOIfe xWTwEAgAtjv9wpQmXAveyioiOz8XGraXTrdbJdkKv+8n4zLtGYE0QzlvxtzAKVLP IY1UMq/dSKUQLjs80HfVD73tHYmPqeex5L3M5QGGLGoZsbhjqmQ8McuL/4bxJvEP yDXk/0Yu9x4t9Tav8g61uZ77YH2sINhZ64CWPmTTbcrDQzyW6Q67siynV9RZwThG YTcKuSqa8wjUF2CwJnTyGDYeiymmHnswkVq55OTQnSMaV4Suujy44ivskb3e7kZG SOneTGWDbBTeJuwzVkn4Dx0DqmE6lCnD64xZrbad/rRi7aoUq1u3saORR67JpaY7 EZ8I7+0SmdrvU/6TyhPFItwpUIrPBg== =5PjQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VrlVDco2nxPl5wLDnWouN/i--
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