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> Hi gang,
> I have noticed that when I format a floppy under DOS, I never seem to have any
> trouble reading, writting and so forth, to them. However, when I format a floppy
> when running Linux, I frequently find that the mount command fails. I have found
> this to be the case with both ext2 as well as MSDOS filesystem types. Also, I
> find that if I specify a format *and* a check of the filesystem, the check
> frequently fails.
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> It would seem that Linux is >much< fussier about the disk? I can take the same
> disks, and the same drive under DOS and no troubles. Whats up?
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> Bob Liesenfeld
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There are 2 things you may want to check...
1) Are you giving the correct type to the mount command?
If you try to mount a floppy with a dos filesystem,
and It has an ext2fs, mount will bitch. The reverse is also
true. Try commenting out any /dev/fd0 entries in fstab first,
as I am not sure how conflict between the command line and
the fstab file are resolved.
2) Also, when you format a floppy, there are really two steps
involved. The first, formatting, lays out sector information on the
physical disk. The second, the makefs stuff, puts a filesystem on
the disk. In the M$ Dos/windows world, those two steps are combined,
since one typically has no choice of filesystems.
Could you possibly Post the error messages you are receiving
when you try to mount one of these floppies?
That would help immensely.
Bryan Scaringe
