On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Klaus Drechsler wrote:
> hello everybody,
>=20
> how can I format a floppy disk for dos under linux ? I found out, that
I
> have to do a low-level format with "fdformat /dev/fd0" and then I
should
> use the mformat tool to make a dos-fs on it. but how does mformat work
> ?=20
> the man pages don=B4t say nothing about how many tracks and sectors and
> heads
> I should use ...
80 tracks 2 heads 18 sectors. That is what fdformat told you, wasn't
it? If not you may need to look into setfdprm. There is a man
page:-)=20
I don't bother with mformat. I use:
mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0 1440.
> I want to format a 1.44 MB floppy disk.
>=20
> can someone help me ?
>=20
> bye,
> Klaus
>=20
> --------------------------------------
> Do, or do not...There is no try.
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>=20
>=20
Lawson
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