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writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total
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try with <code>--revolutions=2</code>
try with <code>--revolutions=2</code>
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Revision as of 15:26, 16 February 2020

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2020-02-16
try using FE (FluxEngine) to read a ND format 17b floppy which has read errors. First the normal way
tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 -o 525-nd-f17-210628f01-xx-01d.img
Reading from: :d=1:s=0:t=0-76
Measuring rotational speed... 166ms
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .................................................................BBB.........
0. 1 ..............................................................B..............
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ...............................................................XBBBB.........
0. 5 ......................................................................B......
0. 6 ...............................................................BB.....BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 600/616 (97%)
Missing sectors: 1/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 15/616 (2%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

image created File:525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d.img.bz2

try with --revolutions=2

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=2 -o 525-nd-f17-210628f01-xx-01d_2.img
Reading from: :d=1:s=0:t=0-76
Measuring rotational speed... 166ms
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .................................................................BBB.........
0. 1 ..............................................................B..............
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ................................................................BBBB.........
0. 5 ......................................................................B......
0. 6 ...............................................................BB.....BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 601/616 (97%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 15/616 (2%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

does --revolutions=3 help?

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=3 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_3.img
Reading from: :d=1:s=0:t=0-76
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .................................................................BBB.........
0. 1 ..............................................................B..............
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ................................................................BBBB.........
0. 5 ......................................................................B......
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 603/616 (97%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 13/616 (2%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

--revolutions=4 then

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=4 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_4.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .................................................................BBB.........
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ................................................................BBBB.........
0. 5 ......................................................................B......
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 604/616 (98%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 12/616 (1%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

--revolutions=5

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=5 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_5.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ................................................................BBBB.........
0. 5 ......................................................................B......
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 607/616 (98%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 9/616 (1%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

try with --revolutions=10 then (even if it is going to be slow)

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=10 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_10.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .................................................................BB..........
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 610/616 (99%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 6/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

try --revolutions=2 and --retries=5

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=5 --revolutions=2 -o 525-nd-f17-210628f01-xx-01d_2_r5.img
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .................................................................BB..........
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 610/616 (99%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 6/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

same as --revolutions=10 but quicker. now --revolutions=5 and --retries=5

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=5 --revolutions=5 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_5_r5.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 ..................................................................B..........
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 611/616 (99%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 5/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

got even one more sector.

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=5 --revolutions=10 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_10_r5.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .................................................................BB..........
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 610/616 (99%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 6/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

but going to 10 revolutions and 5 retries didn't help. Try 5 retries and 6 revolutions then

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=5 --revolutions=6 -o 525-nd-f17b-210628f01-xx-01d_5_r6.img
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .................................................................BB..........
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 ......................................................................BBBB...
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 610/616 (99%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 6/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 616 kB total

no improvement.

2020-02-04
another regression test - this time a 5.25 inch, ND format 0b floppy:
tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:s=0:t=0-76 --retries=0 -o 525-nd-f0b-nd-10005u.img
Reading from: :d=1:s=0:t=0-76
Measuring rotational speed... 167ms
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .............................................................................
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 .............................................................................
0. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 616/616 (100%)
Missing sectors: 0/616 (0%)
Bad sectors: 0/616 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 1 heads, 8 sectors, 512 bytes per sector, 308 kB total

Good, checking with 'ndfs', I can both list and extract files from the image.

2020-02-04
doing some regression testing. I've updated FluxEngine (both firmware and client software) to latest from git repository. Trying to read a 5.25 inch, ND format 17b floppy:
tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:t=0-76 --retries=0 -o 525-nd-f17b-211024-c01-xx-01d.image
Error: unrecognised image filename extension

Ok, that's new. Well, let me try it another way then

tingo@z30b:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s:d=1:t=0-76 --retries=0 -o 525-nd-f17b-211024-c01-xx-01d.img
Reading from: :d=1:s=0-1:t=0-76
Measuring rotational speed... 166ms
[..]
Autodetecting output geometry
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .............................................................................
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 .............................................................................
0. 7 .............................................................................
1. 0 .............................................................................
1. 1 .............................................................................
1. 2 .............................................................................
1. 3 .............................................................................
1. 4 .............................................................................
1. 5 .............................................................................
1. 6 .............................................................................
1. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 1232/1232 (100%)
Missing sectors: 0/1232 (0%)
Bad sectors: 0/1232 (0%)
writing 77 tracks, 2 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 1232 kB total

looks good. Using the 'ndfs' tool, I verified that I can list and extract files from the image - it works.

2019-07-12
check the images I captured yesterday against the original images

these images are identical to the original images

tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523G02-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-01d_r2.image
Files ../0_org/210523G02-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-01d_r2.image are identical
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523G02-XX-02D.image test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-02d_r2.image
Files ../0_org/210523G02-XX-02D.image and test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-02d_r2.image are identical
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/250305M05-XX-01D test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-01d_r2.image
Files ../0_org/250305M05-XX-01D and test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-01d_r2.image are identical
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/250305M05-XX-02D test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-02d_r2.image
Files ../0_org/250305M05-XX-02D and test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-02d_r2.image are identical
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/250305M05-XX-03D test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-03d_r2.image
Files ../0_org/250305M05-XX-03D and test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-03d_r2.image are identical

and these images differ from the original images

tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/10526M07-NO-2D.image and test-nd-525-10526m07-no-2d_retries_2_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d.image
Binary files ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/210177K01-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210177k01-xx-01d_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d.image
Binary files ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r6.image
Binary files ../0_org/210455G02-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210455g02-xx-01d_r6.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d.image
Binary files ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r6.image
Binary files ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_r6.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_retries_3.image
Binary files ../0_org/210523E00-XX-01D.image and test-nd-525-210523e00-xx-01d_retries_3.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/kermit_kom.image test-nd-525-kermit.image
Binary files ../0_org/kermit_kom.image and test-nd-525-kermit.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/kermit_kom.image test-nd-525-kermit_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/kermit_kom.image and test-nd-525-kermit_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/ND-10561A.image test-nd-525-nd-10561a.image
Binary files ../0_org/ND-10561A.image and test-nd-525-nd-10561a.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/ND-10561A.image test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r2.image
Binary files ../0_org/ND-10561A.image and test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r2.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/ND-10561A.image test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r4.image
Binary files ../0_org/ND-10561A.image and test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r4.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/ND-10561A.image test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r6.image
Binary files ../0_org/ND-10561A.image and test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r6.image differ
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ diff -s ../0_org/ND-10561A.image test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r8.image
Binary files ../0_org/ND-10561A.image and test-nd-525-nd-10561a_r8.image differ

A note on image naming. I use the '_rn' suffix on the name to note the revolutions parameters, so '_r2' is --revolutions=2, '_r6' is --revolutions=6 and so on. Torfinn (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

2019-07-11
the FluxEngine creator notified me that he had fixed some bugs, and that ND format 17b floppies was reading fine for him now, so I needed to test that as well. I updated the firmware and software to the latest from the Github repository (master branch), set up a 5.25 inch floppy drive and started testing. Torfinn (talk) 14:23, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
first try
tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s :t=0-76 --retries=0 -o test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-01d.image
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .....................X...........................................?...........
0. 1 .................................................................X...........
0. 2 ...........................?.....................................X...........
0. 3 .................................................................X...........
0. 4 .................................................................X...........
0. 5 ......?..........................................................X...........
0. 6 .................................................................X...........
0. 7 .................................................................X...........
1. 0 .........?............X.............................?........................
1. 1 .........X..........................................X........................
1. 2 .........X..........................................X........................
1. 3 .........X..............................X...........X........................
1. 4 .........X..........................................X........................
1. 5 .........X..........................................X........................
1. 6 .........X..........................................X........................
1. 7 .........X..........................................X........................
Good sectors: 1208/1232 (98%)
Missing sectors: 24/1232 (1%)
Bad sectors: 0/1232 (0%)
77 tracks, 2 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 1232 kB total

try with --revolutions=2 to see if it improves the reading

tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ../fluxengine read ibm -s :t=0-76 --retries=0 --revolutions=2 -o test-nd-525-210523g02-xx-01d_r2.image
[..]
H.SS Tracks --->
0. 0 .............................................................................
0. 1 .............................................................................
0. 2 .............................................................................
0. 3 .............................................................................
0. 4 .............................................................................
0. 5 .............................................................................
0. 6 .............................................................................
0. 7 .............................................................................
1. 0 .............................................................................
1. 1 .............................................................................
1. 2 .............................................................................
1. 3 .............................................................................
1. 4 .............................................................................
1. 5 .............................................................................
1. 6 .............................................................................
1. 7 .............................................................................
Good sectors: 1232/1232 (100%)
Missing sectors: 0/1232 (0%)
Bad sectors: 0/1232 (0%)
77 tracks, 2 heads, 8 sectors, 1024 bytes per sector, 1232 kB total

a clean image. Nice!

tingo@kg-bsbox:~/personal/projects/psoc/fluxengine/tmp$ ~/bin/ndfs -t test-nd-525-250305m05-xx-01d_r2.image
Directory name            : 250305M05-XX-01D
Object file index pointer : 611 SI: 0x1 (indexed)
User file index pointer   : 613 SI: 0x1 (indexed)
Bit file pointer          : 615 SI: 0x0 (contiguous)
No. of unreserved pages   : 1
Files:
  0   0: A       20 pages     39497 bytes 1990-01-24 08:12:12 (SYSTEM)MACM-1718L:BPUN
  0   1: A      589 pages   1109625 bytes 1990-01-24 08:12:20 (SYSTEM)SINTRAN-M-1:DATA
Directory size: 611 pages
Bit file size : 1 page 

and ndfs can list it (I also tested extracting the files and that works too). I went on read more images, some were ok, and some were not. Torfinn (talk) 14:23, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

note - I did not test with the --hd (aka --high-density) option. I should test with that also. Torfinn (talk) 15:54, 12 July 2019 (UTC)