Re: partions on floppy

Adam writes: > (why I try to do this? I'm trying empirically verify if 'mkswap' will > check for partion type (ie is this '82') before mkswap-ing it. IMHO, it > shouldl ) No it doesn't, and how can it? There are lots of partitioning formats out there, so making "mkswap" read the PC BIOS

Re: partions on floppy

Adam writes: (why I try to do this? I'm trying empirically verify if 'mkswap' will check for partion type (ie is this '82') before mkswap-ing it. IMHO, it shouldl ) No it doesn't, and how can it? There are lots of partitioning formats out there, so making "mkswap" read the PC BIOS

partions on floppy

Ok, I made a parition on floppy, now do I access it? Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/fd0: 2 heads, 18 sectors, 80 cylinders Units = cylinders of 36 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/fd0p1 1

partions on floppy

Ok, I made a parition on floppy, now do I access it? Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/fd0: 2 heads, 18 sectors, 80 cylinders Units = cylinders of 36 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/fd0p1 1