You are apparently not subscribed from the address you posted? > I can mkfs.minix /dev/fd0 and then mount /dev/fd0 /fl. > I can mkdosfs /dev/fd0 and then mount /dev/fd0 /fl. > I can mke2fs /dev/fd0 and then mount /dev/fd0 /fl. > > I can fdformat /dev/fd0 to get 80*18 = 1440K = 1474560, but I can't mount > it. How do I do this? fdformat is only a low level format, that should be done *BEFORE* any of the other 3. That is, fdformat MUST happen, or your diskette must already be low level formatted, or else mkfs.minix mkdosfs or mke2fs will fail. > I can fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 to get 82*21 = 1722K = 1763328, but I can't > mount it. How do I do this? After you do fdformat /dev/fd0u1722, you still have to mkfs.minix or mkdosfs or mke2fs /dev/fd0u1722. These are 2 different things. The fdformat is the low level, the mkfs is the filesystem. > (What I _really_ want to do is create a floppy disk that will take a > 1716224 Microsoft CAB file that can be read under DOS. Reason: I've > damaged my pukka WfW v.6 installation disks that all contain these huge > CAB files. I want to re-create them.) Those are different anyway, a fd0u1722 may work, I forget what the CABs are but it isn't fd0u1722. Give it a try, though. Can anyone comment on the M$ format? I think it only uses 80 tracks. You can definitely mount and use /dev/fd0u1722 mkdosfs diskettes under dos and windows, though. 1) fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 2) mkdosfs /dev/fd0u1722 -Tom
