According to Martin Roberts: While burning my CPU.
>
> fdformat is the command. There are various options so "man fdformat"
> should give you the low down.
Yes there is only one option with fdformat -n 'no verify' fdformat takes its
parameters from /etc/fdprm if i see it correctly, now i have a default
/etc/fdprm but fdformat does not work like it should i fear.
/$ fdformat /dev/fd0
Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
Formatting ... done
Verifying ... done
Looks ok no error returned however,
/$ mdir
init A: sector size too big
Cannot initialize 'A:'
I have never used the fdformat command i have always taken the easy way out
and done;
/$ mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0 1440
which seems always to have worked for me, so maybe you could tell me what i
am doing wrong or how you use the 'fdformat command'.?
If my memory serves me correctly this subject has been discussed before but
there was no solution as i remember!!!.
>
> Martin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darren Rees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 22 September 1998 19:28
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: formatting a floppy
> >
> >
> > Help! I don't know how to *format* a floppy.
> >
> > (I've been using leftovers from Windoze days
> > for the past year. Now I've run out of those)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --
> > Darren Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > A heuo a gred yn Nuw. He that sows trusts in God.
> > http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/merlin/berfau/
> >
>
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Regards Richard.
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