If u have mtools installed, mformat will also work.

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Archan

On 18/07/02 20:15 +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 18:07, saugata ghosh wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > Can anybody tell me whats the command to format a
> > floppy or partition in DOS filesystem or any
> > filesystem other than extx in linux?
> > Thanks in advance
> > -Saugata
> > 
> > 
> 
> basically, the steps are
> 
>       1. fdformat /dev/fd0
>       2. makefs -t <whatever fs u want> /dev/fd0

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