Hal -- It's odd, yes. At least on the surface. You would expect (at least I would, as a relative newcomer to Linux) that formatting floppies for ext2 use is a process unrelated to DOS -- yet, in order to use mke2fs on an unformatted floppy (for example), it will work if the floppy is first formatted from DOS.
Although I could format all my floppies first with DOS and then prepare them for use with mke2fs under BasicLinux (which doesn't have the fdformat utility available), I'd prefer to skip the DOS dependency while using Linux (and save a bit more time) by having fdformat available. And since I'm interested in a "minimalist" distribution of Linux (BasicLinux), I'd prefer to manipulate DOS files without adding Mtools under such circumstances. >Trying superformat then dosfsck -tvr confirms that superformat does, >in fact, put a dos fs on the disk.. Interesting.... We learn >something new every day, eh? Just a thought.. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
