On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 03:42:22PM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > Unfortunately, superformat is known to not work on sparc. I think I saw > > CVS messages for the upcoming 2.4 kernel that fixes this, but for now it > > wont work. superformat shouldn't even be on the rescue disk, so if it is, > > let me know. > > So how should we format disks on Sparc linux? Admittedly, there are plenty of > PCs in my office, but I don't like to get up out of my chair :-)
Most disks are already formatted aren't they? :) If you have a disk already formatted for DOS or some other Operating System, then you don't need to format. All you need to do is "mke2fs /dev/fd0", or skip formatting altogether in the case of making a boot-floppy with the installer. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
