# scsictl sd1 format
/dev/rsd1: Check Condition on CDB: 1a 00 03 00 24 00
SENSE KEY: No Additional Sense
ASC/ASCQ: No Additional Sense Information
I don't know what that means.
The console prints:
[ 2207.9560928] sd1(umass1:0:0): medium error, data = "" 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00
[ 2207.9610935] sd1c: error reading fsbn 64 (sd1 bn 64; cn 1 tn 1 sn 10)
When trying 'fdformat'
fdformat -f /dev/rsd1a -t 1440
fdformat: Device `/dev/rsd1a' does not support floppy formatting: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Console prints:
[ 2376.3318245] sd1(umass1:0:0): medium error, data = "" 00 00 00 30 01 00 00 00 00
[ 2376.3358251] sd1c: error reading fsbn 64 (sd1 bn 64; cn 1 tn 1 sn 10)
SAME THING! And, with a different diskette this time.
Interesting that I'm addressing /dev/rsd1a but the error message is about the 'whole disk' sd1c
sometimes, when I try fdformat, I get this console message
[ 2576.4662150] sd1(umass1:0:0): not ready, data = "" 00 00 00 3a 00 00 00 00 00
but then just repeating the command 'works', meaning, I get the inappropriate ioctl for device + the same 2 console lines
These diskettes have been pre-formatted under Windows 11, they work fine on that OS. I have two different USB floppy drives, one is Teac, one is Sony; both work fine in Windows.
I'm a bit bamboozled as to where to go from here.
Thank you, again,
Mike