At 15:59 23/09/98 +0000, Richard Adams wrote:
>
>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!!!.
>
>
Hello, all!
fdformat just formats the disk, i.e. it just wipes everything clean, i
guess. i had this problem recently. unlike windows you then need to
specify the filesystem with 'mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0' if i remember correctly.
of course, this is because linux can do so much more than windows. ;-)
that gives an ext2 fs on the disk, but you could use the msdos option.
hope that helps,
adrian b.
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