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> 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
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> >=20
> >=20
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