On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:44:49PM +0000, randhir phagura wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed lfs-svn-20060416 on my Compaq laptop having P-III > processor. > > 1. I am not able to copy files on to /dev/fd0. I tried both the following > ways: > > cat xvy.abc > /dev/fd0 > OR > dd if=xyz.abc of=/dev/fd0
For raw access of the floppy you will have to be in the floppy group. Otherwise, mount it either as root or put an entry in fstab to allow a regular user to mount it. > 2. Although there are apps in kde and gnome to format floppies, but is > there a way to format them from the commandline? fdformat (rarely needed) will do a low-level format which then requires a filesystem format. Use mke2fs if you want an ext2 floppy, or install the dosfstools package if you want a fat32 floppy (mkdosfs). ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/LOCAL/dosfstools/ Gentoo has a few patches for this package if you want to use them: http://mir2.ovh.net/gentoo-portage/sys-fs/dosfstools/files/ -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
