Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!oddjob!hao!noao!mcdsun!rover!mph From: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard sector errors Message-ID: <420@rover.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 20:05:22 EDT Article-I.D.: rover.420 Posted: Thu Jul 16 20:05:22 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 18:39:07 EDT References: <3249@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az. Lines: 15 Keywords: Hard errors, floppy drives Summary: Old floppy drives eat disks In my experience, a Workbench disk is only good for a couple of months before it is worn out. I hope that the problem is the old, washing machine style of drive. My drive 0 eats a disk a month, and the errors are nearly always permanent. Opening the shutter and examining the disk shows a neat ditch worn into the surface of the medium. I hope that when I get money for a change, that this problem will be cured. Until then, I keep several kickstarts and workbenches on hand. The only real cure is a hard disk. Makes an incredible difference. I went from hating the machine to really liking it when I got my hard drive to work. In fact, I now loathe going to work on #%$^Un*x which is the best that Motorola has to offer. Oh well, they pay better than the Amiga business. Mark Huth seismo!noao!mcdsun!rover!mph