On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 02:20:56PM +0530, z wrote: > > Being a novice, my basics are very poor, So please > excuse me ! >
This is an understatement ! Request change your name to something other than "newlxuser" ... > > So, my specific needs are these : > > 1) Does Linux support the same formats as in DOS? > If no, may I have the Linux Floppy Formats, > please ?? > Under Linux formatting is a two staged process: a) Do a low level format b) Put a file system on it (inclusive of M$) > 2) My client needs a diff. floppy formating for > some security reason. Well, I have been asked > to develop a C program, which will format a > floppy in different track / side - Sec/track > format. My program should be able to store/ > retrieve data in this different format. In > short, these floppies will be useless in any > other machine. Is there, any such utility in > Linux ? If no, which commands will be useful > in doing so? Should I use some BIOS calls, as > in DOS ? > If the purpose is to be used on a M$ platform, you are restricted to M$ filesystems only.This is best done through M$/ BIOS calls (Int 13h, service 5). Under Linux formatting is very flexible, fdformat and mkfs is capable of varying capacity diskettes on a standard 1440 kb. One way to "fool" folk is to use an ext2 file sys- tem formatted to a higher capacity (say 1720 kb), and use "explore2fs" to read that disk under Win. It will never be otherwise readable through M$. I use a script for making such variable capacity disks, capable of making FAT-12/ 16/ 32, minix and ext2 diskettes ... Can send it to you on personal mail. > > Please guide ! > I have not come across any formatting under Linux capable of flexibility of fdformat or superformat since requirements like these scarcely occur. HTH Bish. -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Untar a bunch of tarballs (with wildcard) LOST #211 Unlike gzip, tar does not accept wildcards.'tar -xzf *.tar.gz' will not work. However, this will untar a bunch of tarballs in a particular directory with a prompt for very tarball met before untarring: 'ls *.tar.gz | xargs -p -l tar -xzvf'. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
