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From: Calvin Richter <crichter AT tower DOT itis DOT com>
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Subject: RE: [opendos] floppy disk problem details
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:10:19 -0600
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The i/o error stays there even with the first disk put back in the =
drive.Have to reboot or power down to clear it.

I had similar experiences, though I didn't attribute it to OpenDOS at =
the time.  Once a disk failed to read properly (and it happened =
frequently), it was impossible to read any disk in the drive until I had =
powered off the machine -- cold reboots wouldn't even clear it.  I don't =
recall whether the disks had labels and/or serial numbers; I suspect =
they did not.

-Calvin