I looked into mformat from the rescue disk and it seems odd. In addition to being an alias for a bunch of commands the only thing is does for the actual mformat request is to "echo lazybox no op". Is this right?
Tom -----Original Message----- From: Eduard Bloch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eduard Bloch Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:19 PM To: Tom Whitcomb; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#140305: Make a Boot Floppy failes on boot-floppies version 3.0.21 tags 140305 + moreinfo thanks #include <hallo.h> Tom Whitcomb wrote on Thu Mar 28, 2002 um 09:20:57AM: > user.info.dbootstrap[256]: formatting floppy with cmd 'export > LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/target/lib:/target/usr/lib";/target/usr/bin/superformat > /dev/fd0 hd' This is normal. Please boot with "linux.bin debug" to see additional debug messages. > user.info.dbootstrap[256]: mount: Mounting /dev/fd0 on /floppy failed. No > such device Please go to the second console and do: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t vfat mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos And tell which did work. Further, try after base system installation: chroot /target superformat /dev/fd0 mformat a: > Creation of the boot floppy failed. Please make sure that the floppy was > not write-protected, and that you put it in the first drive. Try another > floppy if the problem persists. > > This seems very similar to bug 99934! Who knows, you provided to few details... Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- "Millionen von Fliegen, die um den Dreck schwirren, k�nnen sich nicht irren" (Auswertung der Win-95 Verkaufszahlen, in Chip 8/96) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
