On 01/23/13 13:46, p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk wrote:
I stumbled into this problem again yesterday. I don't think it has gone away just that I rarely format a floppy. http://sparemint.atariforge.net/mailinglist/Mailing-Lists/MiNT-List.201108/4E4A2F2D.1010309@fairlite.co.uk.text If I could use a USB stick I wouldn't have noticed ;-)
I can reproduce this on my newly acquired Milan. But it's definitely syslog that's locking the floppy.
As a workaround, you can use drive B: to format a floppy too. Which doesn't seem to be locked and it will automatically switch to your A: drive on a single floppy system.
Alan.