Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:14:46 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Technical Director <trodat@ultratrends.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: floppy disk - device not configured error Message-ID: <20031118171010.L41234@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0311181454440.78705-100000@server1.ultratrends.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0311181454440.78705-100000@server1.ultratrends.com>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Technical Director wrote: > Maybe I'm wrong but isin't dd a raw write to the device when used > in this way? Hence a pre-formatting is not required? A floppy will still need a low-level format before the first use. > Preformatting may help I'm not to sure, I know that I have never had to do > it for a boot floppy creation. 99% of floppies around today are preformatted. The one you have might not be, or may have been formatted by a drive that was out of alignment. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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