CRC errors on floppy

["Ryan Maclear" <MACLEAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

I have been having a few problems with CRC error on Linux when I'm 
using a floppy. The floppy is formatted as MSDOS (I use it to 
transfer data from my OS/2 computer at home to work). At home, I 
never get any CRC errors when I use the disk under Linux or OS/2. 
When I get to work, both OS/2 and Linux give me CRC errors. I did 
check the files at home just before I came to work today an they were 
fine. 

I can say that the only files that have given me problems to date 
have been .tex files written in emacs. I have used different disks 
from yesterday when the error first started, but I still get the CRC 
errors. It doesn't have anything to do with file size because I have 
just copied a whole GUI application writen in C and that worked fine. 
Could it be that emacs is writing a wrong bit somewhere, or something 
like that?  

Thanks.

Cheers,
Ryan



 Ryan Maclear
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