Date: 16 Mar 2004 19:48:48 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Prodigy <prodigy@punktas.lt> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Format floppy problem Message-ID: <1079484528.5194.9.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <004501c40b75$501d8e90$1e00a8c0@prodigy> References: <200403170921.34200.satimis@icare.com.hk> <004501c40b75$501d8e90$1e00a8c0@prodigy>
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On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 11:39, Prodigy wrote: > When u formated your floppy, u have to use disklabel to label floppy disc: > disklabel -w -r /dev/fd0 fd1440 > > and then u have to make new file system on that floppy: > newfs /dev/fd0 > > That's all, now u can mount your floppy disc. > > > Hi folks, > > > > FreeBSD 5.2 > > ========== > > > > Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. > > > > But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with > > > > $ fdformat /dev/fd0 > > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > > Processing VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV done. > > > > they could not be mounted > > > > $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy > > msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument > > > > I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this > > problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. > > > > TIA > > > > Stephen Liu > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" If you want to format a floppy with the FAT format for use in a Windows system, try: #!/bin/sh # Format a DOS floppy TMJ 1999-05-15 fdformat -f 1440 fd0 newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 You can then mount it as mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt The other method is to format it with the UFS filesystem, by: #!/bin/sh # Floppy formats: # # To make a filesystem on a floppy: # fdformat [-f <size>] fd<drive>[.<size>] # disklabel -B -r -w fd<drive>[.<size>] fd<size> # newfs <opts> fd<drive>[.<size>] fdformat -q fd0.1440 disklabel -B -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 newfs -c 1 fd0.1440 These can be mounted by mount /dev/fd0 /mnt but cannot be used on a Windows system.
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