Not DOS disk. Sector 21 bad. Over and over and over...

[XDelusion]

So I got my 80Mhz Apollo 060 back in the mail.

I wanted to reinstall Workbench from scratch, but EVERY SINGLE floppy disk claims to have a bad sector 21 when I try to do a full format, or if I try a quick format it will tell me it is not a DOS disk.

Well no crap it ain't a DOS disk, that's why I'm try to format it. Grrrr!!

So I plugged in my external floppy but get the same old song and dance.

Also, the copies of Workbench that I made on this same machine 3 months ago will no longer read. WTF? :/


On a side note: what EXACTLY do I need to do to mount a HDF image under WB3.1?

Since I can't use floppies (for some reason), maybe I can install WB3.1 to a HDF image under WinUAE, then copy that HDF to my cf card, copy a start up disk with drivers for cf0: to RAD:, boot off that, format HD0:, mount HDF image, copy contents to hd0: and be happy?

[XDelusion]

I used to be able to set up my SD and CF cards in WinuAE, but now a days I get the elusive error 7 EVERY TIME, EVERY CARD!! :/

Anyhow, what I did was hook up a drive from my 2000. Remade my disk set, I.E. A boot disk that supports the PFS file system, 040/060 libs, support for my PCMCIA compact flash reader, and Lha.

Put my original 1200 drive back in, and now all is well, the drive reads the disk fine again.

How freaking weird!!!

[XDelusion]

Hi,

@XDelusion,

You might want to take that drive apart and clean it up some, I have a feeling that the head has something jammin it up around track 21, might be the reason for not reading your old work bench disks too.

Use alcohol for the cleaning, and NO I don't mean beer, whiskey etc. but if you have that stuff I know a bunch of loonies looking for a party, just think of all the people you will have over your house to help you, and who knows one of us may have a disk drive that works.

smerf