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2 total messages Started by Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:54
What is 'disk error 4'?
#862
Author: Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:54
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I've got an A310 with RiscOS 3.10 and 2 floppies. One of them is a
panasonic 2 MB (unformatted) drive. 

A few days ago it started giving me 'disk error 4 at 0/00000000' when
I try to open any floppy. 

I tried checking out the PRM's, but to no avail.

Anyone has any idea?

Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen
bernhard@pvv.unit.no
Re: What is 'disk error 4'?
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Author: Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:10
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In article <BERNHARD.93Jan8195453@flipper.pvv.unit.no> bernhard@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen) writes:

   I've got an A310 with RiscOS 3.10 and 2 floppies. One of them is a
   panasonic 2 MB (unformatted) drive. 

   A few days ago it started giving me 'disk error 4 at 0/00000000' when
   I try to open any floppy. 

   I tried checking out the PRM's, but to no avail.

That is, I tried checking out the RiscOS 2 PRM's.
                                         ^
   Anyone has any idea?

   Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen
   bernhard@pvv.unit.no

I have later found out that there is something wrong with my drive, as
a new one of the same type works without problems.

But it would still be interesting to know what this error means, as I
intend to track down the fault and repair that drive. That's a lot
cheaper than buying a new one for about 400 NOK (about 40 pounds
sterling). 

To anyone interested I can also say that all I had to do to get my
drive working as a 1MB drive is to change some micro-switches on the
back of the drive. I changed a switch from DC to MO and the drive
number to from 1 to 0. This drive is a standard PC drive.

Kjetil B.
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