Problem floppy disk

How I configure the disketera for have a good working?
I have problem of I/O
SYSTEM: SunOS rches 5.10 Generic_118855-33 i86pc i386
# mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /diskette
mount: I/O error
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# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
# dd if=/dev/rdiskette of=/dev/null bs=18k
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# time volcheck
real 0.3
user 0.0
sys 0.0
# truss volcheck
execve("/usr/bin/volcheck", 0x0804742C, 0x08047434) argc = 1
sysconfig(_CONFIG_PAGESIZE) = 4096
resolvepath("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", "/lib/ld.so.1", 1023) = 12
resolvepath("/usr/bin/volcheck", "/usr/bin/volcheck", 1023) = 17
xstat(2, "/usr/bin/volcheck", 0x08047218) = 0
open("/var/ld/ld.config", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT
xstat(2, "/lib/libvolmgt.so.1", 0x08046AB0) Err#2 ENOENT
xstat(2, "/usr/lib/libvolmgt.so.1", 0x08046AB0) = 0
resolvepath("/usr/lib/libvolmgt.so.1", "/usr/lib/libvolmgt.so.1", 1023) = 23
open("/usr/lib/libvolmgt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0x00010000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ALIGN, 3, 0) = 0xD2FC0000
mmap(0x00010000, 94208, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2FA0000
mmap(0xD2FA0000, 18816, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2FA0000
mmap(0xD2FB5000, 2520, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 20480) = 0xD2FB5000
mmap(0xD2FB6000, 744, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2FB6000
munmap(0xD2FA5000, 65536) = 0
mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2F90000
memcntl(0xD2FA0000, 4688, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
xstat(2, "/lib/libc.so.1", 0x08046AB0) = 0
resolvepath("/lib/libc.so.1", "/lib/libc.so.1", 1023) = 14
open("/lib/libc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0xD2FC0000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xD2FC0000
mmap(0x00010000, 856064, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2EB0000
mmap(0xD2EB0000, 755413, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2EB0000
mmap(0xD2F79000, 24303, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 757760) = 0xD2F79000
mmap(0xD2F7F000, 5720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2F7F000
munmap(0xD2F69000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xD2EB0000, 120620, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
xstat(2, "/lib/libadm.so.1", 0x08046AB0) = 0
resolvepath("/lib/libadm.so.1", "/lib/libadm.so.1", 1023) = 16
open("/lib/libadm.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0xD2FC0000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xD2FC0000
mmap(0x00010000, 155648, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2E80000
mmap(0xD2E80000, 76707, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2E80000
mmap(0xD2EA3000, 7185, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 77824) = 0xD2EA3000
mmap(0xD2EA5000, 400, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2EA5000
munmap(0xD2E93000, 65536) = 0
memcntl(0xD2E80000, 9848, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xD2FC0000, 4096) = 0
mmap(0x00010000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2E70000
getcontext(0x08046FB0)
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, 0x08046FA8) = 0
getpid() = 1052 [1051]
lwp_private(0, 1, 0xD2E72000) = 0x000001C3
setustack(0xD2E72060)
sysi86(SI86FPSTART, 0xD2F7FD18, 0x0000133F, 0x00001F80) = 0x00000001
sysconfig(_CONFIG_PAGESIZE) = 4096
brk(0x08061528) = 0
brk(0x08063528) = 0
xstat(2, "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/en_US.ISO8859-1.so.3", 0x080464B8) = 0resolvepath("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/en_US.ISO8859-1.so.3", "/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/en_US.ISO8859-1.so.3", 1023) = 52
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.ISO8859-1/en_US.ISO8859-1.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0x00010000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ALIGN, 3, 0) = 0xD2E60000
mmap(0x00010000, 81920, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xD2E40000
mmap(0xD2E40000, 13210, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_TEXT, 3, 0) = 0xD2E40000
mmap(0xD2E53000, 3138, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_INITDATA, 3, 12288) = 0xD2E53000
munmap(0xD2E44000, 61440) = 0
mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0) = 0xD2E30000
memcntl(0xD2E40000, 5388, MC_ADVISE, MADV_WILLNEED, 0, 0) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0xD2E60000, 4096) = 0
open("/dev/volctl", O_RDWR) = 3
ioctl(3, VOLIOCCHECK, 0xFFFFFFFF) Err#6 ENXIO
close(3) = 0
_exit(0)
# fdformat -t dos -U
Formatting 1.44 MB in /vol/dev/rdiskette0/nomedia
Press return to start formatting floppy.
fdformat: no diskette in drive /vol/dev/rdiskette0/nomedia
do exist any PATH to solution the problem?

-----format produce block system------
# fdformat -t dos /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
Formatting 1.44 MB in /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
Press return to start formatting floppy.
fdformat: no diskette in drive /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
# fdformat -t dos /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
Formatting 1.44 MB in /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
Press return to start formatting floppy.
fdformat: no diskette in drive /vol/dev/rdiskette0/unknown_format
(format block file browser)
(test system console)
# svcs -xv
svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default (Volume Management filesystem)
State: maintenance since Thu 02 Aug 2007 10:44:40 PM PDT
Reason: Restarting too quickly.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5
See: man -M /usr/man -s 7FS volfs
See: /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-volfs:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
# svcadm restart svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# svcs -xv
svc:/network/dns/client:default (DNS resolver)
State: disabled since Thu 02 Aug 2007 10:07:55 PM PDT
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 3RESOLV resolver
Impact: 1 dependent service is not running:
svc:/network/security/kadmin:default
svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default (Volume Management filesystem)
State: maintenance since Thu 02 Aug 2007 10:44:40 PM PDT
Reason: Restarting too quickly.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5
See: man -M /usr/man -s 7FS volfs
See: /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-volfs:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
# svcadm enable svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
# svcs -xv
svc:/network/dns/client:default (DNS resolver)
State: disabled since Thu 02 Aug 2007 10:07:55 PM PDT
Reason: Disabled by an administrator.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-05
See: man -M /usr/share/man -s 3RESOLV resolver
Impact: 1 dependent service is not running:
svc:/network/security/kadmin:default
svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default (Volume Management filesystem)
State: maintenance since Thu 02 Aug 2007 10:44:40 PM PDT
Reason: Restarting too quickly.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-L5
See: man -M /usr/man -s 7FS volfs
See: /var/svc/log/system-filesystem-volfs:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
( error format block system)

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You may not have the File Exchange Control Panel properly setup, but I would head over to the MacOS 9 Discussions for some expert advice.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=669

Is there an Apple approved device that will allow me to access photos on 3.5" floppy disks?

I have family photos on 3.5" floppy disks that I want to transfer to iPhoto. Is there an Apple approved device to do so? Thanks for your help!

The only problem that I could foresee is that the 3.5" disks may not be in a current Apple format of HFS+. You're probably safe if they're 1.44MB floppies but if they're 400-800K floppies - in the older HFS format you should still be able to read files from the disks with no problems, but no writing back to or erasing the disks.
I remember going through all the trouble with my SyQuest and ZIP disks, too!
Good luck,
Clinton

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